Grace Episcopal Church
A religious exempt child day center in The Plains, Virginia 20198
6507 Main Street, The Plains, Virginia 20198. (540) 253-5177, ext. 105.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jan 212026 the latest visit on record
- 58 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 Jan 21, 2026.
5 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
5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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(Repeat Violation) The religiously exempt child day center shall establish and implement procedures for ensuring that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards.
“On 1/22/25 two electrical outlets were observed on a low wall, uncovered and accessible to children, in the classroom for children 2.5-years-old through four-years-old.”
Apr 24, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-A-4
“Based on review of six staff records, the program did not ensure that each person in a supervisory position had been certified annually by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision. Evidence: The records for Staff #5 and Staff #6 did not contain documentation of an annual health report.”
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22.1-289.031-B-5
“Based on observation, the program did not ensure that all areas were free of obvious injury hazards. Evidence: On 4/24/24 in the Toddler classroom for children ages 18-months and older, an electrical outlet was observed uncovered next to a low bookshelf that was within reach of children.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 164 words
“Based on review of six staff records, the program did not obtain documentation of the results of a criminal history record check from each state in which staff members had resided within the past five years prior to employment, or the results of a search of the central registry from each state in which staff members had resided within the past five years within 30 days of employment. Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #1 contained documentation that the staff member had resided in Washington State within the past five years. There was no documentation of a criminal history record check or central registry check from Washington State on record for Staff #1. 2. The record for Staff #6 contained documentation that the staff member had resided in Arizona and Tennessee within the past five years. There was no documentation of a criminal history record check or central registry check from Arizona, or a central registry check from Tennessee on record for Staff #6.”
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22.1-289.049-A
“Based on review of five child records, the program did not obtain documentation of proof of a child’s identity and age upon enrollment. Evidence: The record for Child E did not contain documentation of proof of the child’s identity and age.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Jan 24, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 58 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 50 child care providers in Fauquier County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5.5; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Wakefield School | 10 |
| Fauquier Community Child Care Inc. Coleman Elementary School | 5 |
| Grace Episcopal Church This child care provider | 5 |
| Fauquier Community Child Care, Inc.- C.M. Bradley Elementary | 9 |
| Fauquier Community Child Care - Grace Miller Elementary School | 11 |
| Highland School | 7 |
| Fauquier Community Child Care At C. Hunter Ritchie | 10 |
| Fauquier Community Child Care- P. B. Smith SAC | 14 |
| Saint James Episcopal Church | 1 |
| Midland Church of the Brethren | 1 |
| Warrenton United Methodist Church | 6 |
| Fauquier Community Child Care - H.M. Pearson | 1 |
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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