Claudia Valencia
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22309
4120 Melon Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22309. (571) 634-1179.
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A provider in Fairfax County is still to be read, so how this one compares is still to come. Comparisons appear once all of Fairfax County’s providers are read.
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The short answer
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 15, 2026.
6 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
6 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Feb 10, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-180-B
“The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. The vendor did not maintain written record of attendance for children in care since the last inspection.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-1
“Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly. Only one evacuation drill was conducted on 6/5/24. The vendor misunderstood the requirements for shelter in place drills and evacuation drills, and completed a shelter in place drill each month instead of an evacuation drill.”
Feb 20, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-190-B
“Based on record review and staff interview, one child’s record was not complete. Evidence: 1. The vendor stated that Child # 1’s first day of enrollment was 12/1/24. 2. Child # 1’s record was missing the following information: documentation of proof of identification, name, address and contact information for the parents, emergency contact information, information for person(s) authorized to pick up child, written authorization for emergency medical care, written statement about pick up for ill child, written parent agreement.”
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8VAC20-790-390-E
“Based on staff interview, the diapering surface was not non-absorbent. Evidence: The vendor stated that she has used the couch or the floor to change diapers, and that she did not have a non absorbent pad or over to place on the surface where she changes diapers.”
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8VAC20-790-410-A-1
“Based on observation, the first aid kit did not have all required items. Evidence: The first aid kit was missing the thermometer and disposable gloves.”
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8VAC20-790-420-A
“Based on staff interview, the vendor did not have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses caregiver responsibility and home readiness with respect to emergency evacuation, relocation, lockdown, and shelter-in-place procedures. Evidence: The vendor stated that she did not have an emergency plan prepared.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Jan 14, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Capacity: Not given.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 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?
- Comparisons appear once all of Fairfax County’s providers are read.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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