Michele Salinas
A family day home in Springfield, Virginia 22151
5309 Clifton Street, Springfield, Virginia 22151. (571) 488-2052.
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The short answer
- 23 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 62026 the latest visit on record
- 7 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?
8 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 6, 2026.
23 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
23 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 6, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“Repeat Violation A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for Caregiver #1 was overdue by 7 months and caregiver #2 was overdue by 5 months.”
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8VAC20-800-350-E
“Repeat Violation: Hot water at taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105?F to 120?F. The water tap in the downstairs kitchen measured 130.5 degrees.”
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8VAC20-800-780-B
“Annually, the provider shall have the parents review the enrollment form and make any necessary changes. There was no documentation for 4 of the children’s annual updates. Last updates were in June and August 2025.”
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8VAC20-821-170-B
“Repeat Violation Any person 14 years of age or older living in the home of a licensed or registered family day home shall request a Virginia child protective services central registry check within seven days of reaching 14 years of age or beginning to live in the home. Household member #1 did not have central registry search within seven days of reaching 14 years and is overdue by 8 months.”
Mar 19, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for Caregiver #1 was not completed and was overdue by three days.”
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8VAC20-800-350-E
“REPEAT VIOLATION: Hot water at taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105?F to 120?F. The water tap in the kitchen measured 125.5 degrees.”
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8VAC20-800-830-A
“The emergency evacuation procedures shall be practiced monthly with all caregivers and children in care during all shifts that children are in care. The provider did not conduct a monthly evacuation drill for December 2025, January and February 2026.”
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8VAC20-821-170-B
“Any person 14 years of age or older living in the home of a licensed or registered family day home shall request a Virginia child protective services central registry check within seven days of reaching 14 years of age or beginning to live in the home. Household member #1 did not have central registry search within seven days of reaching 14 years and is overdue by 7 weeks.”
Nov 17, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-350-E
“Hot water at taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105?F to 120?F. The water tap in the kitchen measured 138.5 degrees.”
Sep 29, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-460-D
“REPEAT VIOLATION: The provider shall maintain documentation of current rabies vaccinations. The rabies vaccination for 4 household dogs had expired. Dog #1 and #2 had expired 9 months ago and dog #3 and #4 had expired 2 months ago.”
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8VAC20-800-50-A
“Providers must keep a written record of children in attendance each day. There were no attendance records on the date of inspection. The provider did not take written attendance since 9/5/2025 up to this date, 9/29/2025.”
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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 #1, #2, #3 and #4 did not have a parent’s signature for an annual review of the emergency contact information. Child #1 and #2 review was past due by 4 months and child #3 and #4 were past due by 1 month”
Apr 1, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-460-D
“The provider shall maintain documentation of current rabies vaccinations. The rabies vaccinations for 2 household dogs was expired by 3 months.”
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8VAC20-800-530-F
“No soft bedding of any kind shall be used under or around infants including, but not limited to, pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, or stuffed toys. Two stuffed toys were found in the crib of child # 1, 11 months old who was observed sleeping.”
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8VAC20-800-570-A
“The provider shall ensure that a caregiver does not exceed 16 points. From 9:30 am until 10:45, caregiver #1 exceeded 16 points. There were 6 children, totaling 17 points with caregiver #1 until 10:45 am when caregiver #2 arrived back to the house from an appointment.”
Oct 2, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Long term prescription and non prescription medication may be allowed with written authorization from the child’s physician and parent.
“A long term non prescription medication for child #1 was onsite, the physician authorization was obtained but the provider did not have parental written authorization.”
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Documentation shall be maintained monthly of emergency evacuation drills.
“The provider did not document monthly fire evacuation drills, the last documented drill was dated 6/26/2024.”
Jul 24, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-240-A
“Based on observation, furnishings are not maintained in a clean safe and operable condition. Evidence: Two children blue chairs were found with cracks in the seat.”
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8VAC20-800-480-E
“Based on observation, play equipment used by the children was found cracked exposing sharp edges. Evidence: A car track toy was found on the toy shelf cracked, exposing sharp edges.”
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8VAC20-800-50-A
“Based on a review of attendance, the provider is not maintaining a written record of attendance each day. Evidence: There was no documentation of attendance for today or each day for children in care.”
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8VAC20-800-540-A
“Based on observation an infant was observed in a infant carrier seat and high chair without the use of the safety strap. Evidence: Child # 1, 11 months was first observed in a carrier seat without the safety strap securely fastened. The inspector asked the caregiver to strap in the infant, which she did. Then when the infant woke , the infant was moved to the high chair. The safety strap was not fastened for the infant in the high chair either.”
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8VAC20-800-90-A
“Based on a review of children records, the provider has not obtained documentation of child’s immunization record before a child attends the family day home. Evidence: Child #1, date of first attendance 7/15/2024 does not have documentation of immunization record prior to fist day of attendance. The child was observed in care this date.”
May 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-240-A
“Based on observation, areas and furnishings of the family day home is not maintained in a safe and operable condition. Evidence: The Little Tykes climber outside was found with several areas cracked. One are at the top of the tunnel, the entrance to the tunnel and the side of the climber. These cracks are a potential hazard to the children in care.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 24, 2024 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| May 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Nov 30, 2028.
- Ages: 2 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 7 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?
- 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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