Zulema Alvarez
A local ordinance approved FDH in Arlington, Virginia 22204
5415 8th Place South, Arlington, Virginia 22204. (202) 341-4217.
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The short answer
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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 8, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Oct 8, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“The vendor is required to obtain a completed sworn disclosure statement prior to the caregiver’s first day of employment. Caregiver #4 who provided care on 9/30/2026 - 10/8/2026 and Caregivers #2 and #3 who provided care on 10/8/2026 did not have a completed sworn disclosure statement on file.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Vendors must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to a caregiver’s first day of employment. Caregiver #4 who provided care on 9/30/2026 - 10/8/2026 and Caregivers #2 and #3 who provided care on 10/8/2026 did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The vendor must request a search of the central registry prior to the caregiver’s first day of employment. On 9/30/2026 Child #1 was under the supervision of Caregiver #4 who does not have a completed registry check and was not supervised by an individual with all required background checks. On 10/8/2026 Child #1 and Child #2 were under the supervision of Caregivers #2, #3 and & #4 who do not have a completed registry check and were not supervised by an individual with all require background checks.”
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8VAC20-790-200-1
“Vendors must maintain a record for each caregiver that includes the caregiver’s name, address, verification of age, and date of employment or volunteering. There was no record for Caregivers #2, #3 and #4 who are currently caring for children.”
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8VAC20-790-210-A
“Vendors must obtain a current tuberculosis screening from a caregiver at the time of hire and prior to coming into contact with children. There was no tuberculosis screening for Caregivers #2, #3 and #4, who are currently caring for children.”
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8VAC20-790-250-D
“There must always be at least one caregiver with current cardiopulmonary and first aid training present during operating hours of the family day home. On 9/30/2026 and 10/8/2026 from 10:30am - 12:00pm there was not a caregiver present with current CPR and First Aid Training.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Oct 7, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Capacity: Not given.
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 157 child care providers in Arlington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Zulema Alvarez This child care provider | 6 |
| ARLINGTON Parks and Recreation at Carlin Hall | 5 |
| Funshine Preschool | 16 |
| Dora Silva-Celi | 1 |
| Grace Paniagua | 9 |
| Isabel Torrico | 4 |
| Children’s International - FSI | 23 |
| Magaly Paz-Quiroga | 5 |
| Full Circle Montessori School | 3 |
| Carmen Crespo | 2 |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | 4 |
| Congregation Etz Hayim | 4 |
| Janeth Torrico | 7 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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