Salt of the Earth Childcare
A child day center in Lynchburg, Virginia 24503
1891 Humankind Way, 1903, Lynchburg, Virginia 24503. (434) 849-7721.
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The short answer
- 11 deficiencies in the last three years
- Nov 142025 the latest visit on record
- 36 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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Nov 14, 2025.
11 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
11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Nov 5, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire.
“Staff 1 has not yet completed this course, which is overdue by 3 months.”
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Staff shall complete orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities.
“Staff 1 and Staff 5 have not yet completed this orientation training which is overdue by 5 months.”
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Inside areas occupied by children shall be maintained no lower than 68 degrees F.
“The temperature in the room occupied by children was 65 degrees.”
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The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.
“The was no documentation of a monthly practice evacuation drill for August 2025.”
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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 records for Child 1, Child 2 and Child 3 all enrolled over two months, were each missing several of the required components.”
Jul 30, 2025: inspection6 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 4 was dated eight 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.
“The national criminal background check for Staff 4 was dated five days after their first day of employment.”
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Staff shall complete orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities.
“There was no documentation of orientation for Staff 1, which is overdue by two months. There was no documentation of orientation for Staff 2, which is overdue by two months. There was no documentation orientation for Staff 3, which is overdue by two months. There was no documentation of orientation for Staff 4, which is overdue by two days. There was no documentation of orientation for Staff 5, which is overdue by two months.”
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There shall always be at least one staff member on duty who has obtained within the last three years instruction in performing the daily heath observation of children.
“There was no staff member on duty who has obtained instruction in performing the daily health observation.”
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Sunscreen shall be inaccessible to children under five years of age.
“Three containers of sunscreen were located in the cubbies and accessible to children under the age of five.”
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Staff records shall be kept for each staff person that contains all of the required information.
“The records for Staff 1, Staff 2, Staff 3, Staff 4, and Staff 5 were each missing several of the required components.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Nov 14, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 36 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 44 child care providers in the City of Lynchburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 11.
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 |
|---|---|
| Peakland United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center | 26 |
| Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church | 0 |
| Randolph College Nursery School | 3 |
| St. John’s Episcopal Church | 2 |
| Bedford Area Family Young Men’s Christian Assoc @ Boonsboro | 22 |
| Lakeisha Cameron | 6 |
| Salt of the Earth Childcare This child care provider | 11 |
| Young Men’s Christian Assoc of Central Virginia - Bedford Hills | 1 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Lynchburg | 8 |
| Boonsboro United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Heritage United Methodist Church | 0 |
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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