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Duminda Athapaththu

A family day home in Fairfax, Virginia 22031

2921 Sayre Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22031. (703) 407-4888.

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

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The short answer

The last 24 months 26 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

9 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 21, 2026.

26 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

When those deficiencies happened

26 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

26 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Aug 21, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.011-F

    “The license and any other documents required shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The license was not posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.”

    Rule 22.1-289.011-F.

  • 8VAC20-800-60-A

    “An up to date record for each child enrolled shall be maintained by the provider. The record for Child #1 was missing the employment phone number for both parents; the child was present during the inspection and had been in care for two weeks. The record for Child #3 was missing the employment phone number for one parent.; the child was present during the inspection and had been in care for over a year.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-780-B

    “Annually, the provider shall review with the parent the emergency contact information required in each child’s record to ensure the information is correct and shall obtain the parents signed acknowledgment of the review. Records for children #3 and #4 did not have a parent’s signature for an annual review of the emergency contact information.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-780-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-80-A

    “Within seven business days of the child’s first day of attendance, the provider shall obtain from the parent verification of the identity and age of the child and name and location of previous day care programs. This information was not available for two children who were provided care in August 2026.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-80-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-90-A

    “Before attendance, documentation of immunizations is to be obtained for each child. There was no documentation of immunizations for Child # and Child #4, who was in care during the inspection and had been in care for two weeks.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-90-A.

Mar 2, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.035-B-3

    “The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #2, who had been employed for fifteen months, did not have record of requesting a central registry search.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-3.

  • 8VAC20-800-120-B

    “Assistants’ and substitute providers’ records shall contain two or more references as to character and reputation and competency. References must be checked before employment. There was no record of references being checked for Staff #2.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-120-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-210-A

    “Caregivers shall obtain a minimum of 16 clock hours of training annually. Caregiver #3 had only completed six hours of training in 2025.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-210-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-280

    “Poisonous materials shall be stored in an area inaccessible to children. Poisonous cleaning chemicals were found in the bathroom, within reach of children that use it unaccompanied.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-280.

  • 8VAC20-800-70-A

    “Before the child’s first day of attendance, parents shall be provided required information in writing. The parents of Child #2 and #3 were not provided in writing the following required information: Requirement for the family day home to notify the parent when the child becomes ill and for the parent to arrange to have the child picked up as soon as possible if so requested by the home.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-70-A.

Sep 11, 2025: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-800-140-D

    “A substitute provider shall record and sign the time of arrivals and departures on each day that the substitute provider works. The substitute provider sheet was not updated with the arrival and departure of the substitute provider at the time of the inspection.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-140-D. From a complaint.

  • 8VAC20-800-920

    “When meals or snacks are provided by the family day home, the menu for the current one-week period shall list any substituted food. The posted menu was not updatd with updated food from that day.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-920. From a complaint.

Aug 25, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies
  • 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 #2, employed for more than 60 days, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from Virginia and no documentation of requesting a central registry check from a different state they reside in.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

  • 8VAC20-800-100-A

    “The provider shall obtain documentation of a physical examination prior to a child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There were no physical exam records available for Child #3, who had been in care for over 21 months.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-100-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-180-A

    “A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for Caregiver #3 was not completed and was overdue by three months.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-180-A.

  • 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 fence surrounding the backyard play area was not in good repair and there was risk of a child getting through and entering the nearby road.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-240-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-280

    “Poisonous materials shall be stored in an area inaccessible to children. Poisonous gardening chemicals were in accessible areas in the backyard where the children were playing.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-280.

  • 8VAC20-800-60-B

    “Children’s records are required to contain the name, address and telephone number of two designated persons to contact in case of an emergency if the parent cannot be reached. The record for Child #5 was missing the second emergency contact. The child was present during the inspection and had been in care for over one year.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

  • Children’s records are required to contain parental home and employment addresses and phone numbers. The records for Child #3 was missing the employment phone number for one of the parents. Child #3 had been in care for over 21 months. The records for Child #4 was missing the employment phone number for both of the parents. Child #4 had been in care for over 2 years.

    “and #4 were missing the employment phone number for a parent. Both child were present during the inspection and had been in care for over 21 months.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

  • 8VAC20-800-70-A

    “Before the child’s first day of attendance, parents shall be provided required information in writing.’ The parents of Children #2, and #3 were not provided in writing the following required information: Requirement for the parent to inform the family day home within 24 hours or the next business day after his child or any member of the immediate household has developed any reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health, except for life- threatening diseases, which must be reported immediately.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-70-A.

Jul 11, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
  • The provider did not obtain a central registry request for an employee prior to employment and by the end of the 30th day of employment.

    “Evidence: There was no document of a central registry request for staff #2 prior to employment and by the end of the 30th day of employment.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-3.

  • The provider did not obtain out-of-state criminal history records request or out-of-state child abuse and neglect records request for their employee.

    “Evidence: There was no records of an out-of-state criminal history records request or out-of-state child abuse and neglect records request for staff #2.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

  • Based on review of children’s records, the provider did not obtain documentation of a physical examination within 30 days after the first day of attendance.

    “Evidence: Child #2 does not have documentation of a physical examination.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-100-A.

  • The provider did not complete a training program to safely perform medication administration when the family day home agreed to administer prescription medications.

    “Evidence: The family day home had agreed to administer emergency epinephrine for child #9 and no one at the family day home at the time had completed a training program to safely administer prescription medication.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-220-A.

  • Based on review of children’s records, the provider did not obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every 6 months for children under the age of two.

    “Evidence: Additional immunizations once every 6 months for children under the age of two were not obtained for Child #2, and #3.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-90-C.

Mar 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Based on inspecting the outdoor play equipment, it was determined that outdoor equipment was not maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.

    “Evidence: Rust was found on the outdoor playground climbing plane.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-240-A.

Oct 5, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Based on review of children’s records, the provider did not obtain documentation of a physical examination within 30 days after the first day of attendance.

    “Evidence: Child #9 does not have documentation of a physical examination.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-100-A.

  • Based on review of children’s records, the provider did not have proof of child’s age and identify or immunization records.

    “Evidence: There was no proof of identity or immunization records for child #9.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-60-B.

All 9 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 21, 2026Inspection5 violations cited
Mar 2, 2026Inspection5 violations cited
Sep 11, 2025Complaint inspection2 violations cited
Aug 25, 2025Inspection8 violations cited
Feb 21, 2025InspectionNo violations cited
Jul 11, 2024Inspection5 violations cited
Mar 18, 2024Inspection1 violation cited
Jan 24, 2024InspectionNo violations cited
Oct 5, 2023Inspection2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Apr 15, 2028.
  • Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
Source:

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.

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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 26.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

12 of the 1,353 in Fairfax County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Duminda Athapaththu This child care provider26
The Providence Nursery School5
SACC at Mantua4
SACC-Fairhill4
Appletree School of Fairfax20
Gan Israel Preschool34
Nassiba Ishchanova14
Sarah Lee14
Rise and Shine Preschool I18
SACC at Jim Scott Community Center7
Balinda Bordley6
Marina Graetzer12
Ladybug Academy LLC6

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 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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