Meskerem Eshetu
A family day home in Sterling, Virginia 20164
46615 Silhouette Square, Sterling, Virginia 20164. (202) 250-0862.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 282026 the latest visit on record
- 7 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 Apr 28, 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 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. 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.
Apr 28, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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Child-resistant protective covers shall be installed on all unused electrical outlets accessible to children under five years of age.
“One unused electrical outlet in the care area did not have a protective cover installed.”
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Information shall be privileged and confidential.
“The supplemental page for the current inspection report was posted. The supplemental page contains confidential information and shall not be posted.”
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The provider shall maintain an up-to-date record at the family day home for each enrolled child.
“The record for Child #1 did not contain the work phone number for one parent.”
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Topical skin products such as sunscreen and diaper ointment, did not meet the requirements for their use.
“-There was no authorization form for the sunscreen and diaper rash ointment for Child #1. - Sunscreen lotion for Child #1 was not labeled with the child’s name.”
Dec 11, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
“The attendance record did not document the arrival and departure of children.”
Dec 11, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-60-B
“The provider shall maintain and keep at the family day home a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1 was missing the following information: employment information for one parent, proof of the child’s identity and age, authorization for emergency care, and the parents signed acknowledgement of the receipt of the information required by 8VAC20-800-70. The child was present during the inspection and had been in care for a month.”
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Before the child’s first day of attendance, parents shall be provided required information in writing.’
“The parents of Child #1 were not provided in writing the following required information: schedule of fees and payment plans, whether or not there is liability insurance in force on the family day home operation, and provisions of the family day home’s emergency preparedness and response plan. Child #1 had been in care for one month.”
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8VAC20-800-760-A
“Required emergency supplies shall be available in the family day home. An additional triangular bandage was not available in the family day home on the date of inspection.”
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The emergency evacuation procedures shall be practiced monthly with all caregivers and children in care during all shifts that children are in care.
“Emergency evacuation procedures were not practiced for the month of November 2025.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: One Year license, expires Jan 6, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 3 months - 5 years 11 months.
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 304 child care providers in Loudoun County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; 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 |
|---|---|
| Meskerem Eshetu This child care provider | 9 |
| Sterling United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Montessori Children’s House of Loudoun | 19 |
| Lucy Ayala | 11 |
| Eliana Veira | 10 |
| All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) | 0 |
| Claude Moore Recreation and Community Center | 5 |
| Reyna King | 21 |
| Ruth Moscoso | 9 |
| Ana Salcedo Gago | 0 |
| Sterling Early Learning Academy | 38 |
| Quba Center | 3 |
| La Petite Academy | 24 |
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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