People Incorporated of Virginia - Benhams
A child day center in Bristol, Virginia 24202
7741 Rich Valley Road, Bristol, Virginia 24202. (276) 466-9122.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 302026 the latest visit on record
- 54 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 Sep 30, 2026.
3 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
May 29, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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The following acts are forbidden: physical punishment, striking a child, roughly handling or shaking a child, restricting movement through binding or tying, forcing a child to assume an uncomfortable position, or exercise as punishment.
“On 5/27/2025, staff #1 picked up child #1 by his arm from a seated position, and pulled him to the table and forcefully sat him down.”
Feb 26, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Where playground equipment is provided it shall have a fall zone of six feet all around it (the fall zone) free of obstacles.
“The playground has a ladybug piece of equipment that has a fall zone of approximately 3 feet 10 inches. The required fall zone is 6 feet. There has been a shade shelter built that is in in the fall zone of the ladybug.”
Apr 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-260-A
“Based on record review, the center did not have an annual fire inspection. Evidence: The last fire inspection was completed 04/20/22.”
Sep 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-510-I
“Based on a review of an emergency medicine for a child in care, the facility failed to ensure that the medication is in an original , labeled container. Evidence: 1. The emergency medication for child #3 is not in the original, labeled container.”
Mar 9, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-260-A
“Based on review of reports the center failed to provide an annual fire inspection report from the appropriate fire official having jurisdiction. Evidence: The last fire inspection conducted at this center is dated 12/16/2019.”
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8VAC20-780-260-B
“Based on review of reports the center failed to provide an annual approval from the health department. Evidence: The last health inspection conducted at this center is dated 2/4/2020.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 29, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 24, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 31, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 54 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 1 complaint inspection on record.
- 1 complaint allegation published with Virginia’s findings, 1 of them found valid.
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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Complaint | Allegation: Physical Abuse/Neglect. 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 22 child care providers in Washington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Sullins Academy, Inc. | 19 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Benhams This child care provider | 3 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Abingdon Head Start | 2 |
| Pleasant View Church | 1 |
| St. John Lutheran Church | 1 |
| Abingdon Church of Christ | 5 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia-Abingdon Early Head Start | 1 |
| Ms. Mary Thomas | 2 |
| Abingdon United Pentecostal Church | 0 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Glade Spring | 5 |
| Ms. Valerie Cotten | 13 |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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