Afshan Saqab
A family day home in Stafford, Virginia 22554
5 Joplin Court, Stafford, Virginia 22554. (571) 422-6414.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 152026 the latest visit on record
- 5 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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 15, 2026.
6 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
6 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. 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.
Jul 22, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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A child’s record shall contain the name, address and telephone number of two designated people to contact in case of an emergency if the parent cannot be reached, name and policy number of a child’s medical insurance, names of persons other than the custodial parents who are authorized to pick up the child and written authorization for emergency care.
“Evidence: The record for Child #1 only had one designated person to contact in case of an emergency, did not have medical insurance and policy information, did not have names of persons that were authorized to pick the child and did not have written authorization for emergency care. The child has been enrolled for 23 days.”
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Before a child may attend the family day home, the provider shall obtain documentation that the child has been adequately immunized.
“Evidence: The record for Child #1 did not contain documentation of immunizations.”
Feb 5, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Areas and furnishings of the family day home, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.
“The food prep sink in the daycare area was not draining at the time of the inspection.”
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Hanging items including window blind or curtain cords, appliance cords, and ropes shall be out of reach of children under five years of age.
“Exercise equipment was observed in the daycare area, 23 inches from the floor, handgrips with pull cords were observed dangling from the equipment. The hand grips could be extended from the machine and pose a strangulation hazard.”
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Small electrical appliances such as, but not limited to, curling irons, toasters, blenders, can openers, and irons shall be unplugged unless being used by the caregiver or with children under close supervision.
“A blender, a mixer, and a toaster oven were plugged in and not in use.”
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Hot water at taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105?F to 120?F.
“The water temperature in the hand sink of the bathroom of the daycare area was 124 degrees.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: One Year license, expires Aug 5, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
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 87 child care providers in Stafford County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Afshan Saqab This child care provider | 6 |
| Aquia Harbour Preschool | 10 |
| KinderCare Learning Center | 34 |
| Ms. Sheila Johnson | 6 |
| Ebenezer United Methodist Church | 5 |
| Regester Chapel United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Ms. Deborah Williams | 5 |
| YMCA SAC At Widewater Elem School | 11 |
| YMCA SACC at Winding Creek Elem School | 6 |
| YMCA SACC At Anthony Burns Elementary School | 10 |
| YMCA SACC at Hampton Oaks Elementary | 18 |
| YMCA SACC at Park Ridge Elementary | 23 |
| Mercedes Martell | 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 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.
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 2, 2026.
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