Creative World River Walk
A child day center in Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
201 River Walk Pkwy, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. (757) 982-9444.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 132026 the latest visit on record
- 150 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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on May 13, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
9 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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 |
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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.
Mar 5, 2026: complaint inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-340-A
“When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care and protection. On 2/16/26, child 1 (age 15 months) was served a food during lunch to which she has a known and diagnosed allergy.”
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8VAC20-780-490-C
“When children at the center have been exposed to a communicable disease listed in the Department of Health’s current communicable disease chart, the parents shall be notified within 24 hours or the next business day of the center’s having been informed of the exposure. On 2/3/26, the center was notified of a confirmed case of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease. The center did not notify all parents of exposed children within 24 hours or the next business day.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence and shall contain all the required information. Nine out of sixteen injury reports reviewed did not include the time when parents were notified. None of the injury reports reviewed included future action to prevent recurrence of the injury.”
Dec 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“Disposable diapers shall be disposed of 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 diaper disposal containers used by the center do not prevent the staff member’s hand or the soiled diaper from touching the exterior surface of the of the storage system during disposal.”
Dec 9, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-350-C
The inspectors’ words, 241 words
“When children are in ongoing mixed age groups, the staff-to-children ratio applicable to the youngest child in the group shall apply to the entire group. During the week of December 1, 2025, the toddler and two’s classrooms were out of ratio for varying periods of time throughout the week. 1. The required ratio for children aged 16 months to 24 months is 1 staff per 5 children. The youngest child in the toddler classroom was 14 months old, reducing the ratio to 1 staff per 4 children, which is the required ratio for birth up to 16 months. Throughout the week of 12/1/25, there were often only 2 staff with up to 12 children in care. The amount of time the classroom was out of ratio during the week varied from 10 minutes up to 68 minutes. 2. The required ratio for 2-year-old children is 1 staff per 8 children. The youngest child in the two’s classroom was 21 months old, reducing the ratio to 1 staff per 5 children, which is the required ratio for children aged 16 months to 24 months. Throughout the week of 12/1/25, there were times when there were up to 11 children in care with only 1 staff and times with up to 14 children in care with only 2 staff. The amount of time the classroom was out of ratio during the week varied from 35 minutes up to 1 hour and 42 minutes.”
Aug 26, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The national criminal background check results for staff 1 were obtained two weeks after their first day of employment.”
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. Child 1, who has been attending for two months, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There was no physical examination in the record of child 1, who has been enrolled for two months.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“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 1, enrolled for two months, was missing documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Dec 22, 2027.
- Ages: 3 months - 10 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 150 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?
- 2 complaint inspections on record.
- 3 complaint allegations published with Virginia’s findings, 3 of them found valid.
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | Complaint | Allegation: Emergency Procedures/Supplies. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid. |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Complaint | Allegation: Supervision. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid. |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Complaint | Allegation: Staff Quantity. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid. |
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 121 child care providers in the City of Chesapeake, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Creative World River Walk This child care provider | 9 |
| Greenbrier KinderCare | 27 |
| La Petite Academy #7134 | 26 |
| Greenbrier Christian Academy | 5 |
| Great Bridge Preschool | 17 |
| Tidewater Community Church | Not given |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads-Crestwood Elementary School | 23 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Greenbrier Primary School | 35 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Greenbrier Intermediate School | 20 |
| The YMCA Of South Hampton Roads-B. M. Williams | 32 |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS ? GEORGETOWN PRIMARY | 12 |
| Montessori Academy of Virginia - Chesapeake | 9 |
| Right Start Early Childhood Center | 32 |
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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Replies
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