Little Bear Learning Center
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23704
601 Washington St., Portsmouth, Virginia 23704. (757) 550-0075.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 212026 the latest visit on record
- 40 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 Aug 21, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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.
Aug 21, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Staff shall submit to fingerprinting and provide personal descriptive information described in subdivision B 2 of ? 19.2-392.02. Staff #2, started working with children at the center four days prior to the inspection and did not have Virginia Background check results completed.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“Staff shall obtain a copy of the results of a search of the central registry maintained pursuant to ? 63.2-1515 for any founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against him. Staff #2, started working with children at the center four days prior to today’s inspection and did not have Virginia Central Registry results requested or completed.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“A copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #1 confirmed on their sworn statement dated July 29, 2026, they lived outside of Virginia in the past five years and no background search for that state was requested or completed.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening and completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment. Three of the five staff records reviewed had their tuberculosis screening that were obtained several months prior to the date of employment.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| May 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Conditional license, expires Nov 28, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 3 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 40 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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Little Bear Learning Center This child care provider | 4 |
| Children’s Harbor - Olde Towne | 25 |
| Effingham Street Family YMCA | 32 |
| Denise Godfrey | 7 |
| Ms. Letitia Paige | 17 |
| Lisa Brooks | 28 |
| AlphaBEST @ Park View Elementary | 18 |
| Zion Baptist Church | 4 |
| Jump’n Jellybeans Daycare and Learning Center | 20 |
| Gentle Touch Learning Center 2 | 20 |
| Monchel Stallins | 9 |
| Tantania Brown | 0 |
| Kenya Vinson-Sawyer | 47 |
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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Replies
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