Callahan Learning Center Falmouth
A child day center in Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405
628 Cambridge Street, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405. (540) 750-4331.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 142026 the latest visit on record
- 125 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?
3 inspections on record, the latest on May 14, 2026.
5 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
5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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.
Feb 4, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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The center shall ensure that 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.
“In the two year old bathroom diapers were observed disposed of in a trashcan that did not have a lid.”
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The Center is required to ensure that prepared infant formula is dated and labeled with the child’s name.
“In the infant room, a bottle was stored in the refrigerator and was not dated.”
Nov 17, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Child day programs that operate in buildings that were built prior to 2015 are required to have a carbon monoxide detector.
“There was not a carbon monoxide detector present during the inspection.”
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Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in safe condition.
“The playground structure on the large playground had a screw protruding approximately 6 threads near the entrance at the top of the stairs posing an entanglement hazard.”
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The facility is required to create an emergency preparedness plan that contains specific procedural components.
“The emergency preparedness plan did not include procedural components for accommodations or special requirements for infants and toddlers to ensure their safety during evacuation or relocation.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires May 24, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 125 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?
- 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 87 child care providers in Stafford County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Callahan Learning Center Falmouth This child care provider | 5 |
| Rappahannock Area YMCA | 5 |
| Children of America Deacon Road | 35 |
| YMCA SACC at Conway Elementary School | 5 |
| YMCA SACC at Ferry Farm Elementary | 3 |
| Cadence Academy Preschool - Fredericksburg | 60 |
| YMCA SACC at Falmouth Elementary School | 7 |
| Mrs. Denise Shields | 3 |
| YMCA SACC at Grafton Village Elementary School | 5 |
| The Merit School of Leeland Station (#31) | 26 |
| Ferry Farm Baptist Church | 0 |
| House of Victory Fredericksburg Church | 14 |
| Dineshia Taylor | 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 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.
From the provider
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