The Word Works Worship Center
A religious exempt child day center in Newport News, Virginia 23608
535 Denbigh Blvd, Newport News, Virginia 23608. (757) 504-0352.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jan 92026 the latest visit on record
- 39 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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Jan 9, 2026.
9 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
9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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.
Jan 9, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.
“Staff #3 health report was more than a year old.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #4, employed for more than 5 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and a sex offender from one state.”
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8VAC20-790-780-C-2
“One working, battery-operated radio is required. The center did not have one working battery operated radio.”
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8VAC20-790-790-A
“The center shall have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses staff responsibility and facility readiness with respect to emergency evacuation, relocation, lockdown and shelter-in-place procedures. The plan shall address the most likely to occur emergency scenarios, including severe storms, loss of utilities, natural disaster, chemical spills, intruder, and violence on or near the facility, and facility damage or other situations that may require evacuation, lockdown, or shelter-in-place. The center did not have a completed emergency preparedness plan during the inspection.”
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Emergency evacuation and shelter-in-place procedures or maps shall be posted in a location conspicuous to staff and children on each floor of each building.
“The center did not have shelter-in-place procedures or maps posted in a location conspicuous to staff and children on each floor of each building.”
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8VAC20-790-790-D
“A 911 or local dial number for police, fire, and emergency medical services and the number of the regional poison control center shall be posted in a visible and conspicuous place. The center did not have a 911 or local dial number for police, fire, and emergency medical services phone number posted in a visible and conspicuous place.”
Apr 22, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.
“Staff #3 and Staff #4 did not have documentation of health reports available during the inspection.”
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National Fingerprint Check Results need to be received prior to Employment/Service.
“Staff #1, Staff #2 , Staff #3 and Staff #5 did not have National Fingerprint Check Results. Staff #1, Staff #2, Staff #3 and Staff #5 are presently working in classrooms.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“Staff #3 and Staff #5 are presently working in classrooms alone. Staff #3 and Staff #5 records did not have documentation of Central Registry results.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Jun 30, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 39 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 82 child care providers in the City of Newport News, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9.5; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Word Works Worship Center This child care provider | 9 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-Greenwood | 0 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-McIntosh | 3 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-Stoney Run | 2 |
| Newport News Parks & Recreation-Youth Programs - Richneck | 4 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-Knollwood Meado | 5 |
| Holy Tabernacle Church of Deliverance | 28 |
| Stepping Stones Child Development Center, LLC | 20 |
| Ms. Lillian Hill | Not given |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-Denbigh Communi | 7 |
| KiddyCity Daycare, LLC | 9 |
| Calvary Chapel Newport News, Inc. | 44 |
| Theresa Beander | 5 |
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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