Natural Bridge Christian Fellowship
A religious exempt child day center in Natural Bridge Stati, Virginia 24579
21 Gilmores Mill Road, Natural Bridge Stati, Virginia 24579. (540) 291-2332.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Feb 242026 the latest visit on record
- 54 children, its capacity in the state’s list
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Feb 24, 2026.
2 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Feb 24, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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Staff shall be evaluated by a health professional and issued a statement determined to be free of communicable tuberculosis at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children.
“Staff #1, who had been working for two weeks, had a tb screening dated three days after employment. Staff #2, who had been working for six months, had a tb screening dated two days after employment. Staff #3, who had been working for six weeks, had a tb screening dated three days after employment. Staff #4, who had been working for seven months, had a tb screening dated one days after employment.”
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800-B A1 The vendor shall maintain a record of he dates of the practice drills for one yrear.
“There was no documentation of practice drills being completed since September of 2025. The center administration stated drills had been completed, just not documented.”
May 4, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on review of staff information, the Center failed to ensure each employee, volunteer or any other person who is expected to be alone with one or more children enrolled in a religious exempt child day center has completed Fingerprint Background Check before employment/commencement of service.
“EVIDENCE: Licensing Inspector reviewed 4 staff records. Records for Staff #3 and Staff #4 did not include documentation of a fingerprint background check.”
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Based on review of staff information, the Center failed to ensure each prospective employee, volunteer or any other person who is expected to be alone with one or more children enrolled in a religious exempt child day center has completed Sworn Disclosure Background Check before employment/commencement of service and Central Registry Background Check within 30 days of employment/commencement of service.
“EVIDENCE: Licensing Inspector reviewed 4 staff records. Record for Staff #3 did not include documentation of a sworn disclosure background check. Records for Staff #3 and Staff #4 did not include documentation of a child protective services background check.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| May 4, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Mar 28, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: Birth - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 54 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 1 complaint inspection on record.
- No complaint allegations published with findings.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations and Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who does the caring?
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t show a quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 13 child care providers in Rockbridge County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 2.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Natural Bridge Christian Fellowship This child care provider | 2 |
| Earthsong Community School, LLC | 15 |
| Young Men’s Christian Assoc of Virginia’s Blue Ridge- Central | 13 |
| Young Men’s Christian Assoc of Virginia’s Blue Ridge- Waddell | 21 |
| St. Patrick Catholic Church | 7 |
| Young Men’s Christian Assoc of Virginia’s Blue Ridge -Lexington | 21 |
| Grace Episcopal Church | 6 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | 4 |
| Lauren Randolph | 6 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of VA’s Blue Ridge- Fairfield | 0 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of VA’s Blue Ridge- Effinger | 0 |
| Young Men’s Christian Assoc of VA’s Blue Ridge-Goshen | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Virginia doesn’t grade how serious a violation is, so no severity is shown.
- Virginia publishes a complaint’s allegations and findings only when its inspection found a violation and the records are linked.
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- A plan of correction sent late, or not at all, isn’t online: Virginia says to ask the inspector.
- Virginia’s pages show about the last five years of inspections; for older ones, Virginia says to contact the licensing inspector.
- Virginia says this information may not be accurate, up to date or complete, and shouldn’t be the only source in choosing care.
Sources
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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