Noah’s Ark Infant Care LLC
A child day center in Norfolk, Virginia 23518
8124 Shore Drive, B-C, Norfolk, Virginia 23518. (757) 524-4521.
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The short answer
- 14 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 152026 the latest visit on record
- 14 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?
9 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 15, 2026.
14 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
14 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
Jul 15, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-E
“The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #1, child #2 and child #3, who were under two years did not have additional immunizations in their record.”
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8VAC20-780-210-A
“Program leaders shall have fulfilled a high school program completion or the equivalent. The record for staff #1, staff #2 and staff #3 did not have documentation of a high school completion program or the equivalent.”
Mar 30, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 92 words
“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards. The facility did not comply with their mediation policies requiring prescription medication to be kept in a locked location and over the counter ointments to be inaccessible to children. There was prescription lotion and topical ointment for child 5 stored in the child’s open low cubby. There was no written parent permission for the application of the prescription lotion.”
Nov 3, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“The separate record for each child shall include the names, addresses and telephone numbers for two persons to be contacted in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached. The record provided for child 3 did not include the street address for one of the emergency contact persons.”
Mar 24, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. An infant was in care for nine months without documentation that the child received the required immunizations.”
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8VAC20-780-130-E
“The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. A fifteen month old child attended for nine months without any immunization updates.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Each child shall have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician. A well baby check for an infant in care for 8 months did not have the child’s name and was not signed by a physician.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean condition. There was paper litter scattered throughout the infant outdoor play space.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“Repeat Violation For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. There were nine children in care in the infant room but only 8 children had been added to the attendance record.”
Jul 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Based upon observation, the facility has not ensured that hazardous substances are kept in locked places using safe locking methods. Evidence: 1. There was a container of sanitizing wipes with a warning label stored on the diaper changing station. 2. There was fragrance oil with a warning label on the shelf/room divider. 3. There was a container of aerosol air freshener with a warning label in the unlocked bathroom.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“Based upon review of record and observation, the facility has not ensured that a written record of daily attendance documenting the arrival and departure of each child as it occurs is maintained. Evidence: The written record of children’s attendance at the time of arrival of the inspector at 12:50 PM indicated that there were nine infants in care. A head count revealed that there were ten infants in care. Infant 4 had not been added to the record.”
Feb 14, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based upon observation, the facility has not ensured that areas and equipment of the center are safe. Evidence: There was water-filled bottle warmer on a shelving unit beside the diaper changing table. the cord from the bottle warmer was hanging loose between the shelf and the changing table, allowing for the possibility that a child could pull the bottle warmer off of the shelf onto him/herself.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
The inspectors’ words, 126 words
“Based upon observation, the facility has not ensured that hazardous substances are kept in locked places using safe locking methods that prevent access by children. Evidence: 1. The safety clasp on storage area under the diaper changing station was not latched. There was a spray bottle of bleach/water sanitizing liquid stored in this unlocked area under the changing table. 2. There was a tube of diaper ointment with a warning label to include “keep out of reach of children” in an open bin on the low storage shelving unit beside the changing table. 3. The door to the laundry room does not have a lock or child proof latch. There was laundry detergent, disinfectant spray and multi-purpose cleanser, all with warning labels, stored in this room.”
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8VAC20-780-340-C
The inspectors’ words, 107 words
“Based upon observation and staff interview, the facility has not ensured that during the stated hours of operation, there is always on the premises when one or more children are present, one staff who is the program leader and another immediately available second staff person. Evidence: Upon arrival of the inspector at 9:30 AM, staff 1 was on duty by herself with three infants. When asked, staff 1 stated that she is usually the only staff person on duty in the facility. Staff 2 arrived and stated that she covers breaks for staff 1, but is not at the facility unless needed to cover for staff 1.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jul 7, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 1 year 4 months.
- Capacity: 14 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 143 child care providers in the City of Norfolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 14.
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 |
|---|---|
| Building Blocks Preschool and Childcare Center | 18 |
| YMCA School-Age Child Care @ Larrymore Elementary | 15 |
| St. Pius X Catholic School | 25 |
| Calvin Presbyterian Church | Not given |
| Barbara’s Childcare Center | 58 |
| KCE Champions LLC at Little Creek Elementary School | 35 |
| Bettina Myrick-Bergan | 9 |
| Angel’s Place Daycare Center II | 39 |
| Little Steps Academy, LLC. | 40 |
| Barbara’s Childcare Center 2 | 53 |
| Noah’s Ark Learning Center | 19 |
| Noah’s Ark Infant Care LLC This child care provider | 14 |
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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