Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond - Ecoff
A child day center in Chester, Virginia 23831
5200 Ecoff Avenue, Chester, Virginia 23831. (804) 474-4405.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 222026 the latest visit on record
- 100 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?
12 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 22, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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.
Jan 22, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received immunizations before the child can attend the center.
“The record for child #4 did not have documentation of immunization until 52 days after the child began attending the center.”
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Immunization records are required to be signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department.
“1. The immunization record for child #2 was not dated by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department. 2. The immunization record for child #4 was not signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department.”
Sep 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.
“The record for child #1 did not have the name, address, and phone number of two designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached.”
Dec 6, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, the facility did not ensure compliance with ratios of staff to children as required.
“Evidence: Staff #1 took children to the restroom in the hallway leaving staff #2 in the gym with 30 children. Staff to children ratio for school-age children is 1:18.”
Aug 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observation and interview, the first aid kit did contain the minimum required supplies.
“Evidence: 1. The first aid kit did not include one of the two triangular bandages. 2. The director stated that the two triangular bandages were not in the first aid kit.”
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Based on observation and interviews, the center did not have all nonmedical emergency supplies as required.
“Evidence: 1. There was not a working battery-operated radio at the center. 2. The director acknowledged that the battery-operated radio was not at the center.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 21, 2028.
- Program Located in a Public School.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 4 years 9 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 100 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?
- 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 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 165 child care providers in Chesterfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Chester Child Development and Day Care Center, Inc. | 23 |
| Chester Family YMCA | 27 |
| Chester United Methodist Church | 5 |
| Chester Presbyterian Church | Not given |
| Chester Baptist Church | 1 |
| Childtime Childcare, Inc. - Old Lane | 35 |
| Ironbridge Baptist Church | Not given |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond - Curtis | 3 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond - Ecoff This child care provider | 4 |
| Jade Aponte | Not given |
| Primrose School at Ironbridge Corner | 4 |
| Massey Childcare Center | 4 |
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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