Copeley Child Development Center
A child day center in Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
180 Copeley Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. (434) 995-1606.
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The short answer
- 22 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 162026 the latest visit on record
- 115 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?
8 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 16, 2026.
22 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
22 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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.
Jun 16, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Children’s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting, or any contact with blood, feces or urine. Two children in the Pre-K 1 classroom did not wash their hands after toileting.”
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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 of child #1 was missing a phone number for one emergency contact person.”
Dec 3, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. The kitchen door was not locked propped open and there was a gallon container of germicidal bleach, three gallons of sanitizer, and three gallons of liquid detergent on the floor and accessible to children.”
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8VAC20-780-340-F
“Repeat Violation Systemic Violation Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. During the inspection, child #3 (age 4 years) was out of actual sight from both staff for three minutes, until the licensing inspector intervened.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“Disposable diapers shall be disposed 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. Used diapers were located in an open trashcan that wasn’t leakproof nor a foot-operated system.”
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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 contain all the required information. Three incident reports reviewed did not contain the date and time the parent was notified, documentation of how the parent was notified, and two staff and parent signatures.”
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8VAC20-780-90-A
“A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child’s record by the first day of the child’s attendance. Child #2 was enrolled for over a month before the center obtained a written agreement from the parent.”
Sep 18, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #3, employed for two months, did not have central registry results requested prior to the staff’s first day of employment. The results were obtained two months after the staff was hired.”
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8VAC20-780-340-D
“Each grouping of children shall have at least one staff regularly present who meets lead teacher qualifications. Staff #4 was identified as a program leader who was responsible for supervising a group of children with an aide. Staff #4 did not have the training required by the position.”
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8VAC20-780-340-F
“Repeat Violation Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On August 22, 2025, child #1 (4yrs old) was left alone in the hallway for approximately one minute.”
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8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“Repeat Violation The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. Staff did not follow the center’s procedures for identifying where attending children are at all times when staff #1 failed to complete the center’s name-to-face child count when leaving a location and entering a new location, leaving one child (age 4), alone in the hallway for approximately one minute.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position shall be in the staff’s record. Staff #4, who had been promoted a month ago, did not have documentation of program leader qualifications.”
Jul 7, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.036-B-2
“The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Fingerprint results were obtained 18 days after staff #2 was employed and four days after staff #1 was employed.”
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63.2-1509-A
“Staff employed by a child day program who have reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected shall report the matter immediately to the local department’s toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline. Staff became aware of a reportable offense on July 3, 2025, and failed to report to the local department.”
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8VAC20-780-340-F
“Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On July 3, 2025, child #1 (4yrs old) and child #2 (4yrs old) were left alone outside on the playground for approximately five minutes.”
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8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 99 words
“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. Staff did not follow the center’s procedures for identifying where attending children are at all times when staff #1 and staff #2 failed to complete the center’s name-to-face child count when leaving a location and entering a new location, leaving two children (age 4), outside on the playground alone for approximately five minutes.”
Jun 11, 2025: inspection6 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. An individual listed on the initial application did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. An individual listed on the initial application did not have a central registry search requested.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. There was chipped and peeling paint in nearly every classroom of the center and on the two’s playground fence and tricycles. Several classrooms and bathrooms had wall damage that exposed drywall or created a hole in the wall, there was missing caulking in several areas, and there was a large amount of visible clumped dirt/dust in an open windowsill accessible to children.”
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8VAC20-780-40-N
“The center shall develop written playground safety procedures which shall include the method of maintaining resilient surfacing. The center’s procedures do not include the method to maintain resilient surfacing.”
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8VAC20-780-550-A
“The center shall have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses staff responsibility and facility readiness with respect to emergency evacuation and relocation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown. The plan, which shall be developed in consultation with local or state authorities, shall include the most likely to occur emergency scenario or scenarios. The center did not have a completed emergency preparedness plan developed in consultation with local or state authorities.”
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8VAC20-780-550-B
“The emergency preparedness plan shall contain procedural components for emergency communication, evacuation, shelter-in-place, lockdown, and continuity of operations. The center’s emergency plan did not contain the name and phone number of a secondary emergency officer, the assembly points, the primary and secondary means of egress, securing information on allergies or food intolerances, and the continuity of operations to ensure that essential functions are maintained during an emergency.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Dec 27, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 115 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 40 child care providers in the City of Charlottesville, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 22.
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 |
|---|---|
| Copeley Child Development Center This child care provider | 22 |
| University Montessori School, Inc. | 18 |
| St. Mark Lutheran Church (ELCA) of Charlottesville, VA | 1 |
| Jacqueline Tyree | 2 |
| The Covenant School | 3 |
| Montessori School of Charlottesville | 6 |
| Malcolm Cole Child Care Center | 19 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA Early Learning Center | 26 |
| Boar’s Head Outfitters | 32 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA, Inc at Charlottesville Early Learning Cen | 1 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA @ Jackson-Via Elementary | 2 |
| Tabitha Courtney | 1 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA @ Tall Oaks Elementary | 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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