Sparkles! at Fair Oaks
12001 Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 502-8100
Current Inspector: Laura Lunceford (571) 835-5058
Inspection Date: Aug. 5, 2024
Complaint Related: No
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8 VAC 20-790 Subsidy Program Vendor Requirements for Child Day Centers
- Technical Assistance:
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Effective January 1, 2025, 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 childcare.virginia.gov website at https://www.childcare.virginia.gov/providers/what-s-new.
Effective 11/15/23, to be authorized to give seizure rescue nasal spray to a child in your care, a provider must meet ONE of the following criteria:
1. Holds a current MAT Certificate AND a current MAT Seizure Rescue Nasal Spray Online Course Completion Certificate;
2. Holds a current MAT Certificate AND a current MAT Epilepsy for Certified Providers Certificate; or
3. Holds a current MAT Epilepsy for Uncertified Providers Certificate.
The Code of Virginia, ? 22.1-289.035 A, requires that all background check components be completed for all applicants for employment, employees, applicants to serve as volunteers, and volunteers prior to employment or beginning to serve as a volunteer and every five years thereafter. VDOE had previously required that both Virginia and out-of-state child abuse and neglect checks be requested within 30 days of employment. Instead, these requests must be submitted prior to the date of employment.
This change allows prospective employees and volunteers to be provisionally hired upon receipt of a satisfactory fingerprint check signified by written documentation from the Office of Background Investigations stating that the individual is eligible for hire. Provisionally hired employees and volunteers must be in the line of sight of at least one other staff member who has a complete and satisfactory background check and must not be left alone with children until all components of the background checks required in? 22.1-289.035 of the Code of Virginia are complete.
New applicants for employment and volunteering hired on or after July 1, 2024, may be provisionally hired if the applicant has received qualifying results on a fingerprint-based background check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Current employees must continue to meet the requirements set out in ? 22.1-289.035 of the Code. Previous background check requirements apply to all applicants and volunteers hired prior to July 1, 2024.
- Comments:
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An unannounced, on-site Subsidy Health and Safety Inspection (SHSI) was initiated on August 5, 2024 and completed on August 5 2024. The on-site inspection began at 9:45 am and ended at 12:45pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the area listed above. There were 72 children present and 19 staff. A licensing inspection was also conducted on this date. Both inspections combined cover subsidy health and safety regulations. Only subsidy requirements that are not covered in licensing standards were reviewed during this supplemental inspection. The inspector reviewed 8 children?s records and 13 staff records on-site on August 5,2024. This inspection included: document review, tour of the facility, interviews, observations.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with an/the applicable standard(s) or law, and the violation(s) was/were documented on the violation notice issued to the program.
Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on August 21,2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
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Standard #: 8VAC20-790-600-F Description: Based on record review, staff did not complete the annual health and safety update course.
Evidence:
The following staff were out of compliance with the health and safety update course: Staff A May 28, 2023, Staff B February 8, 2024, Staff C April 6, 2023, Staff D March 28, 2023, Staff E May 5, 2023, Staff F May 7, 2023, Staff G March 16, 2023, Staff H May 8, 2023, Staff I March 19, 2023, Staff J June 28, 2023, Staff K March 31, 2023Staff L March 10, 2023, Staff M May 3, 2023Plan of Correction: Once website was corrected, we received all missing certificates.
Disclaimer:
A compliance history is in no way a rating for a facility.
The online compliance history includes only information after July 1, 2003. In addition, the online compliance history includes information regarding adverse actions that may be the subject of a pending appeal. An adverse action is not final until a provider has exhausted or waived all due process rights. For compliance history prior to July 1, 2003, or information regarding the status of pending adverse actions, please contact the Licensing Inspector listed in the facility's information. The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from the compliance history information.
