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Clara Battle

A family day home in Franklin, Virginia 23851

216 Old Sedley Road, Franklin, Virginia 23851. (757) 262-7610.

Virginia’s own record, on legacy.dss.virginia.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 20 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Every month

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?

11 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 10, 2026.

21 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

20 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

20 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

Jun 10, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection11 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.035-B-1

    “The provider is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the caregiver’s first day of employment. The record for Caregiver #3 did not a signed sworn statement and the individual has been working for over a month.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-1.

  • 8VAC20-790-250-F

    “Caregivers shall annually complete the department’s health and safety update course. Caregiver #1 is overdue completing the annual update course by five months.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-250-F.

  • 8VAC20-790-430-A-3

    “Lockdown procedures shall be practiced at least annually. A lockdown drill was not conducted in 2025.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-430-A-3.

  • 8VAC20-800-50-A

    “Providers must keep a written record of children in attendance each day. There were nine children present but the attendance documented ten children.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-50-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-540-A

    “When children are in high chairs, a safety strap shall be used and securely fastened. A child (fourteen months old) was observed sitting in a high chair and the strap was not fastened.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-540-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-60-B

    The inspectors’ words, 94 words

    “(Repeat violation) Providers shall have records for children with required information. The record for Child #1 did not have parent notification of emergency plan. The record for Child #2 did not have mother’s home address, employment information for both parents, physician’s address, emergency contact addresses, signed parent agreement, parent notification of liability insurance, and parent notification of emergency plan. The record for Child #3 did not have parent nonfiction of medication policy and parent notification of emergency plan. The record Child #4 did not have parent notification of medication policy and insurance plan number.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-680-A

    “Caregivers shall wash their hands with soap and warm running water after changing a child’s diaper. Caregiver #2 changed a child’s diaper and did not wash her hands before touching other surfaces.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-680-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-680-B

    “Caregivers shall ensure children’s hands are washed with soap and warm running water after diapering. Caregiver #2 did not ensure a child’s hands were washed after having a diaper change.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-680-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-690-D

    “The diapering surface shall be cleaned and sanitized after each use. Caregiver #2 cleaned the surface after a diaper change but the surface was not sanitized.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-690-D.

  • 8VAC20-800-70-A

    “Before the child’s first day of attendance, parents shall be provided required information in writing. The records for Child #2 and Child #3 did not have completed written information for parents. The children have been attending for at least two weeks.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-70-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-940-B

    “The provider shall have an operable thermometer available to monitor refrigerator and freezer temperatures. There was not a operable thermometer available to show the temperatures in the refrigerator and freezer.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-940-B.

Oct 7, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-800-510-C

    “Occupied cots must have at least twelve inches between the cots. Children were napping and there were four cots approximately two inches from each other.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-510-C.

  • 8VAC20-800-60-B

    “(Repeat violation) Children’s records are required to contain two emergency contacts. The record for Child #2 was missing the second emergency contact. The child had been in care for more than a year.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

May 6, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-800-110-B

    “Each physical examination shall include the date of the physical examination and dates immunizations were received and shall be signed by a licensed physician, the physician’s designee, or an official of a local health department. The record for Child #1 had a physical report and immunization report that were not signed.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-110-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-60-B

    “Children’s records are required to contain all required information. The record for Child #4 (in care for two months) was missing the employment address for one parent. The record for Child #4 (in care for two months) and Child #5 (in care for seven months) was missing an insurance plan number.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-880

    “Family day homes shall follow the most recent, age appropriate nutritional requirements of a recognized authority such as USDA. The snacks provided did not meet the nutritional requirements.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-880.

Oct 15, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-800-110-B

    “Each physical examination shall be signed by a licensed physician, physician’s designee or an official of a local health department. The record for Child #4 had a physical that was not signed.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-110-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-240-A

    “Areas and furnishings of the family day home, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition. The swing set outside has two plastic seats that have portions that are cracked and broken.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-240-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-60-B

    “(Repeat violation) Children’s records are required to contain parental home and employment addresses and phone numbers. The record for Child #2 was missing insurance plan number. The record for Child #4 was missing parent employment phone number. The record for Child #5 was missing insurance plan number, parent’s employment address/phone number and second emergency contact. These children were present during the inspection and had been in care for at least a month.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-690-L

    “Toilet chairs, when used, shall be emptied promptly, cleaned and sanitized after each use. The toddler potty chair in the bathroom used by children had liquid and tissue paper in the bowl.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-690-L.

Nov 15, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • Repeat Violation Based on review, provider did not ensure 3 of 5 child records have documentation of required information.

    “Evidence: The following was found during record review: 1. The record for child #3 did not have start date, mother’s employment phone number and medical insurance information. 2. The record for child #4 (start date 9/5/2023) did not have father’s employment information and emergency contact addresses. 3. The record for child #5 did not have start date, father’s home information, father’s employment information and second emergency contact address.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

Jul 13, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Based on review, provider did not ensure a assistant/substitute had a completed sworn statement or affirmation prior to beginning employment.

    “Evidence: The record for assistant/substitute #1 (start date 5/23/2023) did not have a completed sworn statement or affirmation.”

    Rule 8VAC20-770-60-B.

  • Based on review, provider did not ensure assistants/substitutes have orientation training by the end of their first week.

    “Evidence: The record for assistant/substitute (start date 5/23/2023) did not have documentation of orientation training.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-200-A.

  • Based on review, provider did not ensure 2 of 3 child records have documentation of required information.

    “Evidence: The following was found during record review: 1. The record for child #1 (start date 5/30/2023) did not have father’s employment address, father’s employment phone number, mother’s employment address, second emergency contact information (name, address, phone), parent’s signed acknowledgement of the receipt of the information required by 8VAC20-800-70 and signed acknowledgement of provision of emergency preparedness procedures. 2. The record for child #2 (start date 9/20/2022) did not have father’s employment information (place, address, phone) and mother’s employment phone number.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

  • Based on observation, provider did not ensure when meals or snacks are provided by the family day home that there is a posted menu that is dated.

    “Evidence: The menu posted was not dated.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-920.

May 10, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Based on observation, provider did not ensure there is a landline telephone available that is not a cordless or cell phone.

    “Evidence: The landline available is a cordless phone.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-330-A.

  • Based on observation and review, provider did not ensure there is documentation that cribs meet current US federal crib requirements.

    “Evidence: The full size crib present had a label dated 2016. There was not documentation that the crib meets current federal crib requirements.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-520-C.

  • Based on review, provider did not ensure there is a first aid kit with required components

    “Evidence: The first aid kit did not have triangular bandages.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-760-A-1.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 10, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspection11 violations cited
Oct 7, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Oct 7, 2025Inspection2 violations cited
May 6, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
May 6, 2025Inspection3 violations cited
Oct 15, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Oct 15, 2024Inspection4 violations cited
Nov 15, 2023Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 15, 2023Inspection1 violation cited
Jul 13, 2023Inspection4 violations cited
May 10, 2023Inspection3 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Home: One Year license, expires Nov 21, 2026.
  • A current subsidy provider.
  • Ages: 3 months - 12 years 11 months.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

Has Virginia acted against it?

  • 0 complaint inspections on record.
  • No complaint allegations published with findings.

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 11 child care providers in the City of Franklin, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 21.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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