Tidewater Community College Child Development Center Portsmouth
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23701
120 Campus Drive, Student Center E101, Portsmouth, Virginia 23701. (757) 822-2266.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 112026 the latest visit on record
- 37 children, its licensed capacity
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?
13 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 11, 2026.
7 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jan 23, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe and operable condition. A box of latex gloves was in an open cabinet in the children’s restroom and children were alone in the bathroom washing their hands. This poses a choking hazard to children in care.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A bottle of disinfectant attached to a mop was beside the children’s cubbies with a warning label, ?Keep out of Reach of children? and two bottles of disinfectant cleaner were unlocked in a cabinet in classroom #1.”
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8VAC20-780-50-A
“Staff and children’s records shall be treated confidentially. The Supplemental Page of the inspection summary with children’s names was posted on the parent board. The posted summary states, ?Information found on the Supplemental Information page is confidential and this document is not to be posted in the facility.?”
Apr 15, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-510-L
“Medication shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Two emergency prescription medications were in the first aid bag that were not locked and in reach of children in care.”
Dec 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain a work phone number of each parent who has custody. Child #1 and Child #2 did not have their father’s work phone numbers listed in their record.”
Feb 13, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-600-D-1
“Based on record review and interview, it was determined that the vendor did not ensure that staff have a current certification of CPR and First Aid. Evidence: 1. Staff #2 (hire date of 10/10/23) does not have a certification of first aid and CPR completed. 2. Staff #1, the Director, confirmed that Staff #2 has not completed first aid and CPR class.”
Nov 20, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-160-A
The inspectors’ words, 114 words
“Based on record review and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that each staff shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and be signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or an official of the local health department. Evidence: 1. Staff #2 (date of hire October 2, 2023) has a negative tuberculosis screening in their record dated for March 4, 2022, which is outside of the required 30 days of the date of employment. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that Staff #2 has a negative tuberculosis screening outside of the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.”
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 20, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 5 years.
- Capacity: 37 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 0 complaint inspections 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 5, 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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 7.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Tidewater Community College Child Development Center Portsmouth This child care provider | 7 |
| Peter Pan Kindergarten & Day Care | 16 |
| HRCAP Cavalier Manor | 8 |
| HRCAP Portsmouth Head Start | 8 |
| HRCAP JFK | 19 |
| Mary Almy | 50 |
| LaToya Wade | 4 |
| Ready-Set-Go Child Development Center | 5 |
| AlphaBEST @ Simonsdale Elementary | 49 |
| AlphaBEST @ Hodges Manor Elementary | 14 |
| AlphaBEST @ Lakeview Elementary | 35 |
| AlphaBEST @ Victory Elementary | 48 |
| Toddler Time Child Development Center | 6 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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