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Word of Life Assembly of God

A religious exempt child day center in Springfield, Virginia 22151

5225 Backlick Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151. (703) 354-4222, ext. 203.

Virginia’s own record, on legacy.dss.virginia.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Every month

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?

11 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 10, 2026.

11 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Jan 14, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
  • The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.

    “The most recent central registry check for Staff #5 was overdue by a year and six months. The most recent sworn disclosure statement for Staff #5 was overdue by 1 year and 11 months.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-A.

  • The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

    “Staff #4, employed for over 2 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check or sex offender check from one state.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

Jan 17, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Before a child may attend the center, the provider must obtain documentation that the child has been adequately immunized.

    “The record for Child #4 did not contain documentation of immunization records.”

    Rule 22.1-289.031-B-4.

  • The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.

    “The most recent central registry check for Staff #3 was overdue by over five months. The sworn statement for Staff #2 was overdue by over 13 years and 4 months. The sworn statement for Staff #3 was overdue by 11 months. The sworn statement for Staff #5 was overdue by over 4 years and 4 months.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-A.

  • The facility is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

    “Staff #4, employed for more than 2 years, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check or a sex offender registry check from a different state.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

  • Upon enrollment, the program shall require information from the person enrolling the child of proof of the child’s identity and age.

    “This information was not available for Child #4 who had been enrolled for over 1 year and 5 months.”

    Rule 22.1-289.049-A.

May 7, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-790-760-B-6

    “Based on the inspection of the physical plant, the center failed to have a diaper disposal system that was foot operated. Evidence: The trash can in the toddler room bathroom does not have a lid, the room has children from ages 11 month to almost 4 and children can reach in the trashcan.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-760-B-6.

  • 8VAC20-790-800-B

    “Based on the review of the emergency drills, the center failed to record monthly drills. Evidence: Reviewed the log for emergency drills and the drills conducted in March and April were not recorded..”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-800-B.

May 7, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.031-A-3-a

    “The center failed to keep the 1:4 ration for one age group. Evidence: On 5/7/24 the toddler room had 10 children with two staff. The youngest child in the group was 11 months making teh ratio in the room 1:4.”

    Rule 22.1-289.031-A-3-a.

  • 22.1-289.035-B-4

    “Based on the review of staff files, the center failed to get an out of state background check for a staff. Evidence: Review of 6 staff records during the inspection. One staff indicated that she had lived out of state in the last 5 years. No out of state background check in her file.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

  • 8VAC20-770-40-D-2

    “Based on the review of staff records two staff are missing the sworn disclosure statement. Based on the review of 6 staff records, staff 1 and 2 are missing their sworn disclosure statements.”

    Rule 8VAC20-770-40-D-2.

Jan 24, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-790-540-B

    “Based on the review of 6 children’s records, the center failed to get some required paperwork needed. Evidence: Based on the review of 6 children’s records the following information is missing: 3 out of 6 children are missing an emergency contact. Child 1, child 2 and child 3. 2 out of 6 children’s files checked are missing their immunization records. Child 1, Child 5.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-540-B.

Jan 24, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.035-B-4

    “Based on the review of 3 staff records the center failed to get some background checks. Evidence: Based on the review of three staff records, one staff , staff 2, indicated on the sworn disclosure that she lived out of state in the last 5 years. The center failed to get a background check ( CPS ) from the state.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

  • 8VAC20-770-40-D-2

    “Based on the review of three staff records the center failed to get some of the required paperwork. Evidence: Based on the review of three out of eight staff records, two staff, staff 2 and 3 are missing their CPS checks. Copies of cps checks are in the files but no dates to indicate when the paperwork was sent. No results are in the files.”

    Rule 8VAC20-770-40-D-2.

Jul 15, 2022: complaint inspection1 deficiency
  • 22.1-289.031-B-5

    “Based on the review of the playground equipment it was determined that the center failed to ensure that the climbing structure was free of obvious injury hazards. Evidence: The wooden structure on the playground has several protruding rusted screws, broken or rotten boards and a slide with a 6 inch split in the bottom of the slide causing a pinching or cutting hazard.”

    Rule 22.1-289.031-B-5. From a complaint.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 10, 2026Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Jan 14, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspection2 violations cited
Jan 17, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Jan 17, 2025Inspection4 violations cited
May 7, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspection2 violations cited
May 7, 2024Inspection3 violations cited
Jan 24, 2023Inspection2 violations cited
Jan 24, 2023Subsidy health and safety inspection1 violation cited
Jul 15, 2022Complaint inspection1 violation cited
Feb 23, 2022Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Feb 23, 2022InspectionNo violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Feb 1, 2027.
  • A current subsidy provider.
  • Ages: 1 year 6 months - 4 years 11 months.
  • Capacity: 200 children.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Has Virginia acted against it?

  • 2 complaint inspections on record.
  • 1 complaint allegation published with Virginia’s findings, 1 of them found valid.
On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Jul 15, 2022ComplaintAllegation: Physical Plant. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid.

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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 11.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

12 of the 1,353 in Fairfax County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Word of Life Assembly of God This child care provider11
SACC at Ravensworth17
SACC at Kings Glen2
SACC at North Springfield7
Aisha Bhatty2
SACC at Kings Park8
Monica Jackson1
Laura Bernhardt0
Karina Moscoso20
Fabiola Calderon de Canedo12
Karla Talavera10
Rosmery Salinas9
Laura Hou6

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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