Laugh N? Learn Daycare LLC
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23701
3501 A Victory Blvd, Portsmouth, Virginia 23701. (757) 800-3844.
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The short answer
- 20 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 42026 the latest visit on record
- 15 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 Aug 4, 2026.
20 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
20 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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 |
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.
Aug 4, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. The infant kitchen area had a bottle of wood glue in an unlocked cabinet. The bottle had a ?keep out of reach? label and was accessible to children.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. The record for child #1 and #2 did not contain the full address of the emergency contacts.”
Nov 20, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-600-D-1
“All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment or subsidy vendor approval current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care. The record for staff #2 and staff #3 did not have documentation of a completed CPR training.”
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8VAC20-790-600-D-2
“All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment or subsidy vendor approval current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. The record for staff #2 and staff #3 did not have documentation of a completed First Aid training.”
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8VAC20-790-600-F
“Staff who work directly with children shall, annually attend training to include the department’s health and safety update course. The record for staff #3 did not have documentation of a completed 2025 health and safety update course.”
Nov 20, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The record for staff #1 did not have a completed sworn statement.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Each child shall have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician before the child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. The record for child #2 and child #3 were missing documentation of a completed physical examination. The children have been in care for approximately three months.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“REPEAT VIOLATION Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. The record for child #1 did not contain the work number for one parent.”
Aug 25, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies
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22.1-289.011-F
“The license and any other documents required shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The center did not have the license and the most recent inspection violation notice posted.”
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8VAC20-770-70-A
“Documentation of at least two references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. Staff #2, who have been actively working at the center for at least a week, did not have any completed reference verifications on file.”
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8VAC20-780-210-A
“Program leaders shall have fulfilled a high school program completion or the equivalent. The record for staff #2 did not have documentation of a high school completion program or the equivalent.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A cabinet in the classroom was left unlocked and contained bottle of disinfectant spray and a can of air freshener spray. Each item had a ?keep out of reach of children? label.”
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8VAC20-780-40-H
“The sponsor shall maintain public liability insurance for bodily injury for each center site with a minimum limit of at least $500,000. The liability insurance provided at the center expired August 10, 2025.”
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8VAC20-780-530-A-1
“At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as appropriate to the age of the children in care. The staff working at the center did not have documentation of CPR certification.”
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8VAC20-780-530-A-2
“At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in first aid. The staff working at the center did not have documentation of first aid certification.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. The record for child #1 and child #2 did not contain the address of both emergency contacts. The record for child #3 did not contain the address and phone number for both parents, no work number for one parent, no work information for the other parent and only listed one emergency contact with no address listed for that emergency contact.”
Mar 17, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. The indoor play area material shelves small animal shaped manipulatives that were small enough to be a potential choking hazard.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. The children’s restrooms had air freshener devices with the label ?keep out of reach of children? unlocked on top of the toilet tank.”
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8VAC20-780-320-B
“Each restroom area provided for children shall have running warm water that does not exceed 120?F. The water in the two children’s bathroom sinks and kitchen sink measured a temperature of 127? F.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“Disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. The designated disposal system next to the diaper changing table did not have method open it without using hands.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Inspection | 8 violations cited |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Dec 22, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years.
- Capacity: 15 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 20.
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 |
|---|---|
| Laugh N? Learn Daycare LLC This child care provider | 20 |
| Peter Pan Kindergarten & Day Care | 16 |
| HRCAP Cavalier Manor | 8 |
| HRCAP Portsmouth Head Start | 8 |
| HRCAP JFK | 19 |
| Mary Almy | 50 |
| LaToya Wade | 4 |
| Ready-Set-Go Child Development Center | 5 |
| AlphaBEST @ Simonsdale Elementary | 49 |
| AlphaBEST @ Hodges Manor Elementary | 14 |
| AlphaBEST @ Lakeview Elementary | 35 |
| AlphaBEST @ Victory Elementary | 48 |
| Toddler Time Child Development Center | 6 |
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.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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