Tierra Encantada West Falls Church
A child day center in Falls Church, Virginia 22046
131 Haycock Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22046. (571) 496-8297.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 242026 the latest visit on record
- 157 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?
7 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 24, 2026.
8 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
8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Jul 28, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence. The record shall include the following: date and time when parents were notified, and any future action to prevent the recurrence of the injury.
“The form used by the facility does not include the date and time when parents were notified, and any future action to prevent the recurrence of the injury.”
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Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.
“The record for Child #3, enrolled for four months, was missing one out of two emergency contacts.”
Apr 9, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Immunization records are required to be signed and dated by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department.
“The immunization record for Child #4 was not signed and dated by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department.”
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The center shall meet the proof of child identity and age requirements as stated in 22.1-289.049 of the Code of Virginia
“The record for Child #4, who had been enrolled for 30 days, did not have proof of identity in their record at the time of the inspection.”
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When food is brought from home, the following shall apply: dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner
“Child #1’s bottle was not dated. Child #6 and Child #7’s bottles were not dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner.”
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Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment.
“Staff #3, who had been employed for over a month, did not have documentation of two references on file at the time of the inspection.”
Feb 11, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“The sworn statement for Staff #2, Staff #4, Staff #5, and Staff #6 who are currently employed, was dated five days after their first day of employment.”
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Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #5, who had been employed for five days, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Aug 12, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 157 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?
- Among 19 child care providers in the City of Falls Church, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Tierra Encantada West Falls Church This child care provider | 8 |
| Dulin United Methodist Cooperative Preschool | 14 |
| Falls Church Episcopal Church | 1 |
| St. Joseph’s Preschool | 13 |
| Communikids Preschool | 30 |
| Falls Church Preschool and Daycare | 2 |
| Kidstretch | 3 |
| Easter Seals Serving DC/MD/VA, Inc. | 15 |
| Dona Ann Ismail | 6 |
| Elena Maldonado | 19 |
| LEAD Day School LLC | 5 |
| Sellapperumage Shaw | 32 |
| Acton Academy Falls Church | 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 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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