Carolay Guardia
A family day home in Annandale, Virginia 22003
3933 Lincolnshire Street, Annandale, Virginia 22003. (703) 409-1908.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 52026 the latest visit on record
- 12 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 Oct 5, 2026.
7 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
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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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| 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.
May 27, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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Areas and furnishings of the family day home, outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.
“An area on the back of the home, near the children’s outside play area was not in a safe condition when there was a sharp, broken and rusting weather protecting low window cover, accessible to children.”
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Documentation of additional immunizations is required once every six months for children under the age of two years.
“Child #1, 15 months old, last documented immunization was over 9 months ago. Child #2, 18 months old, last documented immunization was over 12 months ago. Child #3, 16 months old, last documented immunization was 12 months ago.”
Nov 21, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Providers must obtain a current tuberculosis screening from a caregiver at the time of hire and the form shall have been completed within the last 30 days.
“The tuberculosis screening for Caregiver #1, was completed over 30 days prior to hire.”
May 22, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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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 was no physical exam record available for Child #3, who had been in care for four months.”
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Children’s records are required to contain name, address and telephone number of two designated persons to contact in case of an emergency if the parent cannot be reached.
“The records for Child #1 and Child #2, enrolled for over one week and Child #3, enrolled for four months, were missing name, address and telephone number for one designated person. The records for Child #1 and Child #2 were missing the address for one designated person.”
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The diapering surface shall be nonabsorbent and washable.
“The changing pad had a tear and was not considered nonabsorbent and washable.”
Oct 21, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-830-A
“Emergency evacuation procedures shall be practiced monthly with all caregivers and children in care during all shifts that children are in care. An emergency evacuation monthly drill was not practiced in the month of September.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 22, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 22, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: One Year license, expires Dec 12, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 4 years 11 months.
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?
- Among 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 7.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Carolay Guardia This child care provider | 7 |
| Grasshopper Green and Kenwood School | 7 |
| Annandale Preschool Association | 4 |
| Creative World Learning Center | 11 |
| Pinecrest School | 7 |
| SACC at Columbia | 0 |
| SACC at Camelot | 18 |
| SACC at Canterbury Woods | 4 |
| Ravensworth Baptist Church | 1 |
| St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church | 17 |
| Annandale Play-Care | 22 |
| Maria Lozada | 15 |
| Annandale United Methodist Church Child Development Center | 23 |
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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