STEPS Head Start - Amelia

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 04/28/2025 and completed on 04/29/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:36 am and ended at 12:06 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site and electronically on 04/29/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 05/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 04/28/2025 and completed on 04/29/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:36 am and ended at 12:06 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site and electronically on 04/29/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 05/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 04/28/2025 and completed on 04/29/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:36 am and ended at 12:06 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site and electronically on 04/29/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 05/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 04/28/2025 and completed on 04/29/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:36 am and ended at 12:06 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site and electronically on 04/29/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 05/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 04/28/2025 and completed on 04/29/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:36 am and ended at 12:06 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site and electronically on 04/29/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 05/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 04/28/2025 and completed on 04/29/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:36 am and ended at 12:06 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site and electronically on 04/29/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 05/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

An unannounced renewal inspection was conducted on April 22, 2024 from approximately 9:00 am to 10:45 am. There were 18 children in attendance and a total of 6 staff present. 5 staff records and 5 children?s records were viewed. All areas of the center were observed including classrooms, bathrooms, and the playground. The children were observed playing with sand, playing "duck-duck-goose", and playing outside, while the licensing inspector was on-site. The first aid kit was inspected and found complete. Evacuation drills were conducted monthly with the most recent conducted on 03/9/24. No violations were cited as a result of this inspection. Inspection amended on 05/10/2024 to add violation 22.1-289.036 A for missing repeat board member background checks.

An unannounced renewal inspection was initiated on 4/20/2022 and concluded on 4/22/2022. The inspector was on site from 9:15 am-10:35 am. There were 20 children present, ranging in ages from 11 months to 5 years, with 4 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records, 5 staff records, and 9 board member/agent records were reviewed. Staff records were reviewed remotely. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word ?corrected? is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

An unannounced renewal inspection was initiated on 4/20/2022 and concluded on 4/22/2022. The inspector was on site from 9:15 am-10:35 am. There were 20 children present, ranging in ages from 11 months to 5 years, with 4 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records, 5 staff records, and 9 board member/agent records were reviewed. Staff records were reviewed remotely. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word ?corrected? is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

An unannounced renewal inspection was initiated on 4/20/2022 and concluded on 4/22/2022. The inspector was on site from 9:15 am-10:35 am. There were 20 children present, ranging in ages from 11 months to 5 years, with 4 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records, 5 staff records, and 9 board member/agent records were reviewed. Staff records were reviewed remotely. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word ?corrected? is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

An unannounced renewal inspection was initiated on 4/20/2022 and concluded on 4/22/2022. The inspector was on site from 9:15 am-10:35 am. There were 20 children present, ranging in ages from 11 months to 5 years, with 4 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records, 5 staff records, and 9 board member/agent records were reviewed. Staff records were reviewed remotely. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word ?corrected? is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

An unannounced renewal inspection was initiated on 4/20/2022 and concluded on 4/22/2022. The inspector was on site from 9:15 am-10:35 am. There were 20 children present, ranging in ages from 11 months to 5 years, with 4 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records, 5 staff records, and 9 board member/agent records were reviewed. Staff records were reviewed remotely. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word ?corrected? is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

This inspection was conducted by licensing staff using an alternate remote protocol, including telephone contacts, documents review, and a virtual tour of the program. A monitoring inspection was initiated on 12/2/2021 and concluded on 12/3/2021. The director was contacted by telephone and a virtual inspection was conducted. There were 17 children present, ranging in ages from 15 months to 4 years, with 7 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies and background checks. A total of 2 child records and 2 staff records were reviewed. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word ?corrected? is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.