Child care in Smyth County
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9 child care providers in Smyth County, Virginia.
From the Virginia Department of Education: Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page and Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. The record lists 5,481 child care providers in Virginia.
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What the words on these cards mean9
- 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.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Not read
- The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- 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.
- 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.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Religious exempt child day center Chilhowie Church of God Chilhowie, Virginia 24319 4deficiencies in the last three yearsJan 162026the latest visit on record100children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeReligious Exempt Child Day CenterFindings, 3 years4Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJan 16, 2026Quality ratingNot published 4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026.
- Child day center Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc. @ Chilhowie Chilhowie, Virginia 24319 0deficiencies in the last three yearsFeb 202026the latest visit on record20children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Day CenterFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 20, 2026Quality ratingNot published 5 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Child day center Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc. @McCready Saltville, Virginia 24370 1deficiency in the last three yearsApr 22026the latest visit on record45children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Day CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 2, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024.
- Child day center First United Methodist Church Preschool of Marion Marion, Virginia 24354 2deficiencies in the last three yearsJul 72026the latest visit on record32children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Day CenterFindings, 3 years2Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJul 7, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025.
- Religious exempt child day center Grace Christian Academy Atkins, Virginia 24311 20deficiencies in the last three yearsAug 172026the latest visit on record100children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeReligious Exempt Child Day CenterFindings, 3 years20Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 17, 2026Quality ratingNot published 20 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026.
- Child day center Lifetime Wellness Center, LLC Marion, Virginia 24354 3deficiencies in the last three yearsJun 172026the latest visit on record60children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Day CenterFindings, 3 years3Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJun 17, 2026Quality ratingNot published 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026.
- Child day center Marion Baptist Church Child Development Program Marion, Virginia 24354 2deficiencies in the last three yearsJul 12026the latest visit on record100children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Day CenterFindings, 3 years2Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJul 1, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026.
- Family day home Rebecca Thomas Chilhowie, Virginia 24319 Not readwhat inspectors found: not read here yet12children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot read yetMost seriousNot read yetLast inspectionNot read yetQuality ratingNot published
- Child day center Tender Tots Learning Academy LLC Marion, Virginia 24354 22deficiencies in the last three yearsOct 282026the latest visit on record40children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Day CenterFindings, 3 years22Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 28, 2026Quality ratingNot published 22 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026.
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Source:
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page and Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
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