Congressional Schools , Inc
A child day center in Falls Church, Virginia 22042
3229 Sleepy Hollow Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22042. (703) 533-9711.
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The short answer
- 10 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 262026 the latest visit on record
- 550 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?
12 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 26, 2026.
10 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
10 deficiencies in 5 months 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 26, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Repeat violation
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. The center did not request a search of the criminal history check from one state for Staff D, who has been employed for more than three months.”
Oct 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Repeat violation
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years and request the check prior to employment. Staff #1, employed for eight years, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state. Staff #3, employed for six months, had a central registry check from one state which was requested 195 days after employment and missing a sex offender registry check from one state. Staff #4, employed for 43 days, did not have documentation of a sex offender registry check from one state.”
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Staff member’s documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment and must have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.
“Staff #5’s TB was dated sixty-eight days prior to date of employment and has been employed for two months.”
Jul 30, 2025: complaint inspection3 deficiencies
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Repeat violation:
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #2, employed for eight years, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state.”
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A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.
“Staff #2’s updated screening was due thirteen months ago. The updated screening has not yet been completed.”
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The operational responsibilities of the licensee must 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.
“The center conducted a summer program for approximately 250 children ages 4 to 12 years enrolled at an off-site satellite location for four weeks that was not approved under the terms of the current license issued by the department.”
Jun 11, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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REPEAT VIOLATION: The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #2, employed for one year and ten months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state.”
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Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing must comply with minimum safety standards for mulch underneath and surrounding equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus that requires a resilient surface.
“The resilient surfacing (wood mulch) in the fall zones beneath elevated play equipment, including the slides, climbers, and swings in the Toddler and Preschool playgrounds measured approximately two inches in depth.”
Oct 2, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“The request for a search of the central registry was submitted two weeks after employment for staff #2.”
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The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #1, employed for 3 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state and no documentation of completing an out of state sex offender registry check.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Aug 7, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 550 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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?
- Comparisons appear once all of Fairfax County’s providers are read.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
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.
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