VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Your Child's Place
2578 and 2580 Chain Bridge Road
Vienna, VA 22181
(703) 242-2578

Current Inspector: Kara Vaughan (703) 537-6241

Inspection Date: June 4, 2024

Complaint Related: No

Areas Reviewed:

8VAC20-780 Administration. 8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training. 8VAC20-780 Physical Plant. 8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision. 8VAC20-780 Programs. 8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies 8VAC20-780 Special Services. 8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE. 8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS. 8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770) 20 Access to minor?s records 22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide 63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Technical Assistance:

Effective January 1, 2025, the VDOE will begin determining compliance with ? 22.1-289.057 of the Code of Virginia, which is legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2020. The law requires all licensed child day programs, religious exempt child day centers that serve preschool age children, and certified preschools to test potable drinking water. The law requires that programs submit their plans and test results to the Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water (VDH ODW) and the Superintendent. If the results of the testing indicate elevated lead levels, the program shall remediate, retest, and resubmit results to VDH ODW and the Superintendent. There is an additional alternative bottled water option that comes with additional requirements. The statutory requirement can be found online at https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter14.1/section22.1-289.057/. Resources are now available for providers on the "What's New" webpage on the ChildCareVA website at https://www.childcare.virginia.gov/providers/what-s-new.

Comments:

An unannounced monitoring inspection was conducted on 06/04/2024 from 11:34am to 12:28pm. There were 64 children directly supervised by 14 staff. The physical plant, 5 staff records, 6 children?s records, medications, evacuation drills, and policies were inspected. Children were observed building towers, playing outside and eating lunch. Children were eating hamburgers, green beans and apple sauce. There was an assortment of age appropriate materials for the children in care. Areas of non-compliance are identified in the Violation Notice. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact the Licensing Inspector, Kara Vaughan at kara.vaughan@doe.virginia.gov or 703-537-6241. Please submit your plan of correction within five business days in order for it to be included on the public website.

Violations:

Standard #:	8VAC20-780-240-B
Description:	Based on review of staff records, 1 of 5 staff records did not have documentation of completed orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Evidence: Staff #5 was missing documentation of orientation training.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-330-B
Description:	The center's outdoor playground equipment did not have the minimum resilient surfacing in the fall zone areas in the event of a fall while the equipment is in use. Evidence: Based on observation, the fall zones did not have the minimum amount of mulch to meet the minimum safety standards of resilient surfacing underneath and surrounding the slides and climbing apparatus.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-420-E-3
Description:	Based on review of 6 children's records, the center did not request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child's record is up to date. Evidence: Child #4's record did not have documentation of an annual update. The last update was on 5/3/2021.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.