Springfield United Methodist Church

8VAC20-790-630-A

“Areas and equipment of the center, outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. An empty plastic grocery bag was observed laying on the ground, on the outside playground that was occupied by children ages 2 years - 3 years. Four supervising staff outside, were not aware that the plastic bag was on the playground.”

22.1-289.031-A-6

“The following aspects of the child day center's operations are described in a written statement provided to the parents or guardians of the children in the center and made available to the general public: physical facilities, enrollment capacity, food services, health requirements for the staff, and public liability insurance. The centers last environmental health and sanitization inspection was dated over one year ago and was overdue by two months. The record for Staff #2 had an annual staff health report that was dated over one year ago and was overdue by one month. The record for Staff #3 had an annual staff health report that was dated over one year ago and was overdue by two months.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“Repeat Violation & Systemic Deficiency 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 8 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state, no documentation of requesting a central registry check or sex offender registry check from another state and no documentation of requesting a central registry check or criminal history check from another state. The center has been cited for this code violation on May 2, 2024 and April 23, 2025.”

22.1-289.031-B-3

“A daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings. At the time of inspection, Staff #3 and Staff #5 were unaware of any daily simple health screening training for staff.”

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 7 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and sex offender check from one state and no documentation of requesting a criminal history check from a different state.”

22.1-289.035-A

“Based on record review the center did not ensure staff had documentation of subsequent criminal history record information check conducted every five years. Evidence: 1) Staff # 4's result of the fingerprint-based criminal history record information check on file was dated 09/11/2018.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“Based on record review and interview, the child day center failed to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Evidence: 1) Staff # 1 (date of hire: 08/2023) did not have a record of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, or a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years on file. 2) Staff # 6 confirmed that the center did not run the three out of state background checks required for Staff # 1.”