Selah Academy
A religious exempt child day center in Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
176 W. Market Street, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801. (540) 383-3834.
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The short answer
- 11 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 132026 the latest visit on record
- 30 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?
3 inspections on record, the latest on May 13, 2026.
11 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | 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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 16, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-A
“REPEAT VIOLATION The exemption from licensure must be posted in a visible location on the premises. The center does not have the exemption posted.”
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22.1-289.031-B-4
“The center must ensure that all children in the center have immunizations in the record before a child may attend the center. The record for child #3, who has been attending the center for two weeks, does not have documentation of immunizations.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must ensure a search of the central registry is requested prior to employment. There is no documentation staff #2, who has been working at the center for 15 months, and staff #3, who has been working at the center for three month, has requested a search of central registry.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #3, employed for more than three months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check, sex offender search or criminal history check from a different state.”
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22.1-289.049-A
“The regulated child day program shall require that the person enrolling the child present the regulated child day program with the proof of the child’s identity and age. The center does not have proof of a children’s identity and age for the children in care.”
May 13, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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Based on a review of the parent handbook and interview, the center failed to provide a written disclosure to parents that includes information regarding the qualifications of personnel.
“Evidence: The parent handbook was reviewed and the qualifications of personnel was not listed. The administrator stated this information is not provided to parents in writing.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to ensure all staff have been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him/her from caring for children under his/her supervision prior to start date and updated every year.
“Evidence: The record for staff 1 has a staff health report dated 3/25/23. The administrator verified The 3/25/23 staff health report is the most current report the center has for staff 1.”
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Based on a review of the parent handbook and interview, the center failed to provide a written disclosure to parents and guardians of the children in the center and the general public that includes information regarding the enrollment capacity, health requirements of staff and public liability insurance.
“Evidence: The parent handbook was reviewed and information regarding enrollment capacity, health requirements of staff and public liability insurance was not in the parent handbook. The administrator verified this information is not provided in writing to parents.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to establish and implement a procedure in which a daily health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such a screening is conducted daily.
“Evidence: The administrator stated the center has not established and implemented a procedure for a daily health screening and no staff is trained.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain fingerprint-based criminal history check determination letters prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: The record for staff 1 and staff 2 (start date 8/25/23) did not contain fingerprint background check results.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to have staff sign a sworn disclosure statement prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: The record for staff 1 and staff 2 (start date 8/25/23) did not contain a sworn disclosure statement.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| May 13, 2024 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Sep 24, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 9 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 30 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 29 child care providers in the City of Harrisonburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 11.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Selah Academy This child care provider | 11 |
| Learning Paths Academy | 37 |
| City of Harrisonburg | 8 |
| Dominion Educational Ministries, Inc. | 1 |
| Harrisonburg Baptist Church | 0 |
| Community Preschool, Inc. | 1 |
| Woodland Montessori School | 2 |
| Vicki Lucas | 0 |
| Tara Koontz | 3 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Harrisonburg andRockingham County-Bluestone | 2 |
| Boys&Girls Club of Harrisonburg andRockinghamCounty-Stone Spring | 12 |
| Brandi Dacko | Not given |
| Shenandoah Valley Child Development Center | 19 |
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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
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