Little Beginnings Child Development Center

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A hand sanitizer dispenser bottle with warning label, ?Keep out of reach of children,? was found on a shelf in the pre-kindergarten classroom, within reach of children.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

8VAC20-780-60-A

“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1, enrolled for eleven weeks, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

8VAC20-780-70

“Verification of age requirement must be kept for each staff person. The center did not have documentation of the age of Staff #2.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-70.

8VAC20-821-270-6-b

“The provisional license shall be posted at each public entrance of the facility. The provisional license was not posted at the center.”

Rule 8VAC20-821-270-6-b.

Repeat Violation

“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Paint was chipping off of the playground equipment.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. In the two year old classroom, the sanitizing solution spray bottle found on the counter, out of reach of children. Hand sanitizer was found on a counter in the one a half year classroom and the four to five year old classroom, out of reach of the children.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

8VAC20-780-340-A

“When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care, protection and guidance. On 4/27/2026 a three-year-old child had fallen asleep in the classroom cozy area and was left alone in the classroom for approximately six minutes after the class transitioned to the playground. No one was in the classroom to offer immediate assistance if needed.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-A.

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On 4/27/2026, a three-year old child was unsupervised for approximately 6 minutes.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-F.

8VAC20-780-340-H

“When the outdoor activity area is not adjacent to the center, there shall be at least two staff members on the outdoor activity area whenever one or more children are present. Staff #1 was observed being the only person supervising ten children from the three to five year-old class who had arrived at the playground located across the street, not adjacent to the center. Staff #1 was the only one supervising the children for approximately three minutes.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-H.

8VAC20-780-350-B-4

“The required ratio for children ages three years up to school age eligible is one staff per ten children. Staff#1 was supervising eleven children between the ages of three years to school age for sixteen minutes in their classroom.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-350-B-4.

8VAC20-780-270-A

“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Rust and chipped paint was found on the outdoor playground equipment.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. In the three and four year old classroom, a plastic container of pushpins was found in an unlocked drawer, within reach of children.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

8VAC20-780-510-E

“The center’s procedures for administering medication shall include methods to prevent use of outdated medication. The center was not following their procedures to prevent use of outdated medication; medication for Child #1 had expired over one month ago.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-510-E.

Staff employed by a child day program who have reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected shall report the matter immediately to the local department’s toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline.

“Staff #1 became aware of an allegation, and did not report it to their supervisor until two days after, despite being a mandated reporter. Staff #2 became aware of an allegation, and did not report it to the local social services department for an additional four days.”

Rule 63.2-1509-A.

Repeat Violation

Rule 63.2-1509-A.

8VAC20-780-350-B-4

“The required ratio for children ages three years through school age is one staff per ten children. Two staff were supervising twenty-six preschool-aged children, from approximately 5:08pm- 5:22pm on the playground.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-350-B-4.

The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall 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’s employee handbook states “Any employee who has reason to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected must report the suspicion immediately, but no later than twenty-four hours after forming the suspicion. Reports must be made to Child Protective Services ( CPS ) in the appropriate jurisdiction.”

“The center did not follow their policy to report the suspicion of a child being abused within twenty-four hours. CPS was not informed for six days after the center was initially made aware of the allegation.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-E.

Repeat Violation

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-E.

Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.

“Staff #1 failed to use constructive behavior guidance with two-year old Child #1 on 3/2/2026, when Child #1 put their hand down their soiled diaper, getting feces on the child’s hand and then showing it to Staff #2. Staff #1 intervened and moved the child’s hand towards the child’s face and asked the child, “do you like that?” The soiled hand touched the child’s face.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-400-B.

8VAC20-780-270-A

“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. There were exposed wires coming out of the HVAC unit in the 2-year old classroom.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

8VAC20-780-40-E

“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall 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 was not in compliance with their own policies and procedures stating that they do not use “time-out”, when a staff member put a child in time-out as a form of discipline.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-E.

8VAC20-780-410-1

“The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: roughly handling a child. On February 4, 2026, Staff #1 grabbed Child #1 by the shirt as a form of redirection.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-410-1.

22.1-289.035-B-4

“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 more than 21 months, did not have documentation of verifying that the staff member was not on the out of state sex offender registry that is required prior to hire.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

Repeat Violation Systemic Deficiency

“When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care, protection and guidance. On 8/14/2025, no staff were present to offer immediate intervention and assistance when two children (both three years old) were left alone in the bottom of the stairway for approximately one to two minutes. When Staff #2 heard one of the children crying, they located the children and united them with the class.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-A.

Repeat Violation Systemic Deficiency

“Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On 8/14/2025, Staff #1 was transitioning ten children from their classroom to the music room on the floor below, and left two children (both three years old) unsupervised in the stairway for approximately one to two minutes.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-F.

8VAC20-780-140-A

“Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There was no physical examination in the record of child #4, #5, and #6, who were all in attendance on the day of inspection.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-140-A.

8VAC20-780-160-A

“Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening. Documentation of a negative TB screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. An independent contractor, working with children during the inspection had no documentation of a negative TB screening.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-160-A.

8VAC20-780-270-A

“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Chipped paint and pealing wallpaper was found in the 3-years to 4-years classroom. Pealing paint was found in the stairway of the center. A wooden structure on the playground had significant wear and was a risk of splinters. The shed on the playground had 2 broken window panes.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. In the 18-month to 2-year old classroom, the 3-year to 4-year old classroom, and the 4-year to 5-year old classroom, bleach was found in an unlocked area.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

8VAC20-780-290-A-3

“In areas used by preschool age or younger children, electrical outlets shall have protective covers. There was an uncovered outlet in the 3-years to 4-years classroom.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-290-A-3.

Repeat Violation

“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall 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. Two children in attendance were outside the age range of the license.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-E.

8VAC20-780-510-L

“Medication, except for those prescriptions designated otherwise by written physician’s order, including refrigerated medication and staff’s personal medication, shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Medication was found in an unlocked cabinet, out of reach of children, in the 4-year to 5-year classroom.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-510-L.

8VAC20-780-60-A

“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The records for Child #4, #5, and #6, all in attendance on the day of inspection, were missing the following required components: name and phone number of child’s physician, documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age, and name, address, and phone number of two designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached”

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child’s record by the first day of the child’s attendance. The agreement shall be signed by the parent and include:

Rule 8VAC20-780-90-A.

8VAC20-820-120-E-6

“A copy of any special order issued by the department shall be posted in a prominent place at each public entrance of the licensed premises to advise consumers of serious or persistent violations. A copy of the special order was not posted on the premises.”

Rule 8VAC20-820-120-E-6.

Repeat Violation

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-A.

Repeat Violation

“Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On 6/3/2025, Child #1 (3 years old) went out of sight and sound of Staff #1 and Staff #2 who were supervising the group for less than one minute when they ran ahead of the group into an unoccupied classroom on the floor below.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-F.

8VAC20-780-510-I

“The center administers drugs only to the child identified on the prescription label in accordance with the prescriber’s instructions pertaining to dosage, frequency, and manner of administration. The center was not able to follow the prescriber’s instructions for child #2 because they did not have one of the medicines listed in the prescriber’s instructions.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-510-I.

22.1-289.035-A

“The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent central registry check for staff #1 was overdue by six weeks.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-A.

8VAC20-780-340-A

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-A.

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On 1/30/2025, Staff #1 and #2 were transitioning 13 children from the outside playground back inside to their classroom, and left two children (both three years old) unsupervised outside the main entrance of the center, for approximately three to five minutes.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-F.

The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall 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 to identify where children are at all times.

“On 1/30/2025, Staff #1 and Staff #2 failed to follow the center’s policy on performing a face-to-name check after the class transitioned from outdoor play, and as a result two children were left outside at the top of the stairs while the rest of the class went inside from the playground.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-E.

Based on review of center’s board of directors documents, it was determined that out of state criminal history record checks were not completed.

“Evidence: There was no out of state criminal history record check for Individual #4.”

Rule 22.1-289-036-B-4.

Based on review of children’s information, it was determined that the center did not obtain work phone numbers of each parent who has custody.

“Evidence: There were missing work phone numbers for Child #1, Child #2, and Child #3.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Based on observation, areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, were not maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

“Evidence: Chipped paint in classroom, lose wire (not electrified) coming out of equipment, rotting wood on storage shed in playground.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

Based on self-reported information, and interview with center staff, the center failed to ensure that when staff are supervising children, they should always ensure their care, protection, and guidance.

“Evidence: Neither of the two staff members in the classroom ensured the care, protection, and guidance of Child #1 when the child was left unsupervised in the classroom.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-A.

Based on self-reported information, and interview with center staff, children under 10 years of age were not always within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.

“Evidence: Child #1 was left unsupervised for 5 minutes after both staff members in the classroom took the other children to play outside.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-340-F.

Based on self-reported information, and interview with center staff, the center did not follow their own policies and procedures for accounting for all children when leaving the room.

“Evidence: The center did not follow their policy on accounting for all children when both staff in the classroom left a child alone in the classroom for 5 minutes when taking the class to play outside.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-E.

Based on file review, and confirmed by acting director, there was no documentation that a search of central registry had been completed for all staff members who supervise one or more children.

“Evidence: There was no record of a central registry search for staff #1 or staff #5.”

Rule 8VAC20-770-60-C-2. From a complaint.

Based on file review and confirmed by the acting director, the center did not ensure that staff completed orientation training in subsection C of this section prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities.

“Evidence: There was no record of Staff #1 completing orientation training. Staff #1 was hired 7/19/2022.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-240-B. From a complaint.

Based on interviews with staff, and confirmed by the acting director, the center did not notify the parent immediately when a child sustained a serious injury.

“Evidence: The center did not notify the parent immediately when child #1 sustained a serious injury.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-550-N. From a complaint.

Based on discussion with acting director, the center did not inform the department’s representative within 2 business days of an injury to a child that occurred while the child was under the supervision of the center and required outside medical attention.

“Evidence: The center did not notify the department’s representative when child #1 was injured 3/21/2023 under the supervision of the center and required outside medical attention.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-80-B-2. From a complaint.

Based on observation, and confirmed by staff, the center was not maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Unsafe conditions included rusting of equipment and peeling paint.

“Evidence: Rust and peeling paint was found on heating vent next to children’s toilet.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

Based on file review, the center did not obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under age of two years.

“Evidence: Child #1 missing records for their 18 month vaccinations.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-130-E.

Based on observation, there were unsafe conditions including chipped paint and rust at the center.

“Evidence: Rust and chipping paint was found in the upstairs bathroom heating unit.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

Based on review of evacuation drill logs, the center did not implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.

“Evidence: There were no evacuation drills documented for May 2022 and June 2022 on center’s evacuation drill log.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-550-D.

22.1-289.035-B-4

“Based on staff records and statements, 2 newly hired staff did not have the out of state sex offender documentation prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: Staff #1 was hired 10/11/2021 and the sex offender check was not documented until 10/12/2021. Staff #2 was hired 11/29/2021 and the sex offended was not documented until 12/3/2021.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Based on observation, hazardous substances were not kept in a locked place. Evidence: The tall cabinet in the 3’s classroom was unlocked and contained cleaners when the Director did a walk through with the Licensing Inspector.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.