BabyFe Bilingual Learning Center
A child day center in Alexandria, Virginia 22314
111 South Alfred Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. (703) 261-4851.
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The short answer
- 38 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 292026 the latest visit on record
- 56 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 May 29, 2026.
38 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
38 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
May 5, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-570-E
“Prepared infant formula is required to be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child’s name. There were 5 bottles of infant formula with no date on them and 1 bottle of infant formula with no name on it at the time of the inspection.”
Dec 4, 2025: inspection7 deficiencies
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**REPEAT VIOLATION** Staff are required to submit to fingerprinting prior to employment.
“Staff #4 did not submit to fingerprinting prior to employment as required.”
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**REPEAT VIOLATION** The Child day center is required to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which an employee has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #2, Staff #3 and Staff #4 did not have documentation of the results of an out-of-state search of the child abuse and neglect register for a state in which the employees have resided in the preceding five years.”
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**REPEAT VIOLATION** Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor is required to submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening by day one of employment or no more than 30 days prior.
“Staff #4 did not have a current Tuberculosis screening on file at the time of the inspection.”
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Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are required to be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
“There was peeling paint observed on multiple walls in multiple areas in the Toddler, Cruisers 1, and Infant classrooms.”
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Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water before and after a diaper change.
“One staff member was observed changing two children’s diapers and did not wash their hands with soap and running water before and after each diaper change.”
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**REPEAT VIOLATION** The diapering area is required to have a nonabsorbent surface for diapering or changing. The diapering surface is required to be cleaned with soap and at least room temperature water and sanitized after each use.
“The diapering surface in one of the classrooms was ripped and is no longer a nonabsorbent surface. There was no cleaning or sanitizing of the diapering surface observed in between two diaper changes that occurred in one of the classrooms during the inspection.”
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**Repeat Violation** Staff records are required to be kept for each staff person including documentation of 2 references of character and reputation taken prior to hire.
“Staff #2, Staff #3 and Staff #4 did not have documentation of 2 out of 2 required references during the inspection.”
Jun 10, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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**REPEAT VIOLATION** The Child day center is required to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which an individual (employee) has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #3 did not have results of an out-of-state Criminal history record information check, Central registry check and sex offender registry check for a state in which the employee has lived in the preceding 5 years and has been employed for one year.”
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Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor is required to submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening by day one of employment or no more than 30 days prior.
“Staff #1 did not have a current tuberculosis screening on file by day one of employment or no more than 30 days prior.”
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Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are required to be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
“The air condition on the second floor was not working. There were small window air condition units temporarily placed in two of the windows in two of the upstairs classrooms that were not secure. The only toilet in the Cruisers 2 classroom was not in working order. There was a floor seat in the toddler room that was torn across the bottom with foam coming out.”
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Fans, when used, are required to be out of reach of children and cords shall be secured so as not to create a tripping hazard.
“There was a fan in the Pre-K room that was located on the floor within reach of the children and the cord was not secure.”
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Pillows and filled comforters shall not be used by children under two years of age.
“There were 3 infants observed with blankets in their cribs and 1 of the infants had a pillow in the crib as well.”
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The diapering area is required to have a nonabsorbent surface for diapering or changing. For children younger than three years, this surface shall be a changing table or countertop designated for changing.
“The changing pad used for diapering in the Infant and Cruisers 2 classrooms had multiple rips in them and were no longer nonabsorbent.”
Dec 12, 2024: inspection12 deficiencies
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**Repeat Violation** Staff are required to submit to fingerprinting prior to employment.
“Staff #4 had fingerprints that were completed two days after employment began.”
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**Repeat Violation** The Child day center is required to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which an individual (employee) has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #2 did not have results of an out-of-state Central registry check and sex offender registry check for a state in which the employee has lived in the preceding 5 years and has been employed for 8 months.”
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**Repeat violation** The center is required to obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center.
“Child #3 did not have documentation of immunizations on file at the time of the inspection. The child had been enrolled for 5 months.”
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**Repeat violation** Each child is required to have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician by day 1 of enrollment or within 30 days of enrollment.
“Child #3 did not have documentation of a physical examination on file at the time of the inspection and had been enrolled for 5 months.”
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Staff are required to complete The Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course within 90 calendar days of employment.
“Staff #2 did not have documentation of completing The Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course on file at the time of the inspection. Staff #2 had been employed for 8 months.”
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**Repeat violation** Staff are required to complete orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities.
“There was no documentation of orientation training on file for Staff #3 at the time of the inspection. Staff #3 had been employed for 1 month.”
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Within 30 days of the first day of employment, staff must complete orientation training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as appropriate to the age of the children in care.
“Staff #2 did not have documentation on file of completing orientation training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as appropriate to the age of the children in care at the time of the inspection. Staff #2 had been employed for 8 months.”
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Medications or other harmful agents shall not be stored in areas, purses or pockets that are accessible to children.
“There were 3 emergency medications stored in a backpack that was within reach of children in one of the classrooms at the time of the inspection.”
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The center is required to have one working, battery-operated radio in each building used by children as a nonmedical emergency supply.
“The emergency radio on-site was not in working condition at the time of the inspection.”
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The center is required to implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.
“There was no documentation of evacuation drills being practiced for March, June and October of 2024.”
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Prepared infant formula is required to be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child’s name.
“There were 8 bottles of infant formula with no date on them and 2 bottles of infant formula with no name on them at the time of the inspection.”
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**Repeat violation** It is required that documentation of two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment and kept for each staff person.
“Staff #3 did not have documentation of two or more required references on file at the time of the inspection. Staff #3 had been employed for one month.”
Apr 22, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Based on a review of staff records, 1 out of 2 staff did not submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.
“Evidence: 1. Staff #2 (doh: 3/25/2024) did not have documentation on file of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of the inspection.”
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Based on observation, when a child is placed in an infant seat, the belt was not fastened securely.
“Evidence: 1. Child #1 was observed sitting in an infant bouncy seat and the buckle was not fastened securely at the time of the inspection.”
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Based on observation, prepared infant formula was not labeled with the date.
“Evidence: 1. There were 6 bottles of prepared infant formula in the infant room refrigerator that were not labeled with the date for the day at the time of the inspection.”
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Based on a review of staff records, 1 out of 2 staff records reviewed did not have the required records kept for each staff person.
“Evidence: 1. Staff #2 did not have documentation of 2 out of 2 required references of character and reputation at the time of the inspection.”
Jan 10, 2024: inspection8 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on a review of staff records, 1 out of 4 staff were employed prior to submitting to fingerprinting as described in subdivision B 2 of ? 19.2-392.02. Evidence: 1. Staff #4 (doh: 12/08/2023) had fingerprints results on file dated (12/28/2023), which was after employment began with the child day program.”
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8VAC20-770-60-B
“Based on a review of staff records, 1 out of 4 staff were employed prior to providing the person’s completed sworn statement or affirmation to the licensed child day program. Evidence: 1. Staff #4 (doh: 12/08/2023) had a sworn statement on file dated (12/21/2023), which was after employment began with the child day program.”
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“Based on a review of children’s records, the center did not obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center for 1 out of 3 children. Evidence: 1. Child #1 (doe: 12/4/2023) did not have documentation of immunizations on-site at the time of the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Based on a review of children’s records, 1 out of 3 children did not have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician within 30 days of enrollment. Evidence: 1. Child #1 (doe: 12/4/2023) did not have documentation of a physical examination on site at the time of the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-240-B
The inspectors’ words, 119 words
“Based on a review of staff records, 4 out of 4 staff did not have orientation training prior to the staff working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Evidence: 1. Staff #1 (doh: 12/4/2023) did not have documentation of orientation training on file at the time of the inspection. 2. Staff #2 (doh: 12/4/2023) did not have documentation of orientation training on file at the time of the inspection. 3. Staff #3 (doh: 12/4/2023) did not have documentation of orientation training on file at the time of the inspection. 4. Staff #4 (doh: 12/8/2023) did not have documentation of orientation training on file at the time of the inspection.”
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Based on observation, all food brought from home did not follow the requirements.
“Evidence: 1. Multiple (7 food pouches) food and drinks from home were observed to have no date in the Cruisers and Infants room.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on a review of children’s records, 1 out of 3 children did not have documentation of proof of identity verification prior to enrollment. Evidence: 1. Child # 2 (doe: 12/4/2023) did not have documentation of proof of identity being verified prior to enrollment.”
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Based on a review of staff records, the required documentation was not kept for 4 out of 4 staff members.
The inspectors’ words, 102 words
“Evidence: 1. Staff #1 (doh: 12/4/2023) did not have an employment application, educational credentials, and was missing 1 of 2 required references of character and reputation prior to employment. 2. Staff #2 (doh: 12/4/2023) did not have an employment application, educational credentials, and was missing 1 of 2 required references of character and reputation prior to employment. 3. Staff #3 (doh: 12/4/2023) did not have an employment application and was missing 2 of 2 required references of character and reputation prior to employment. 4. Staff #4 (doh: 12/8/2023) did not have an employment application on file at the time of the inspection.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| May 29, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| May 5, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Inspection | 12 violations cited |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Inspection | 8 violations cited |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires May 14, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 56 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?
- 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 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 171 child care providers in the City of Alexandria, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 38.
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 |
|---|---|
| BabyFe Bilingual Learning Center This child care provider | 38 |
| Hopkins House - Helen Day Preschool Academy | 61 |
| Children’s Int’l School -Alexandria | 11 |
| Washington Street United Methodist Church | 0 |
| The Campagna Center - Lyles Crouch | 4 |
| Potomac Crescent Waldorf School | 11 |
| Innovation Station Child Development Center | 47 |
| American Day School #1 | 14 |
| Tiny Tots Playroom | 2 |
| American Day School 2 | 9 |
| Great Beginnings Early Learning Center | 30 |
| Blue Bird of Alexandria | 1 |
| The Del Ray Montessori School | 3 |
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.
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.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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