Winwood Children's Center

8VAC20-780-160-C

Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening at the time of employment, prior to coming into contact with children and at least every 2 years from the date of the initial screening. On the date of the inspection, Staff #1 was 2 months overdue for a subsequent TB screening.

8VAC20-780-550-G

Documentation shall be maintained of emergency evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills. On the date of the inspection, the centers emergency drill log did not document that a drill was practiced during the month of January. A drill was documented for the month of February.

8VAC20-780-400-B

Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior. Staff #1 was observed using physical punishment towards Child #1, age 21 months, after the child had spit.

8VAC20-780-410-1

The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: physical punishment, striking or roughly handling a child. Video footage from 9/10/2025 showed Staff #1 physically punishing a child. Child #1, age 21 months, had partially removed their shirt and approached Staff #1 who was sitting in a child size chair. Staff #1 grabbed the shirt and was attempting to put it back on when the child spit. Staff #1 was seen raising their open palm next to the childs face and pausing. Staff #1 then popped the child on the cheek twice and underneath the chin twice. Staff #1 tapped the child on the lips with their finger once and then went to the sink to wash their own hands.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the following: work phone number and place of employment for each parent who has custody; name, address, and phone number of two designated people to call in an emergency if the parent cannot be reached. The record for Child #1, enrolled for two weeks, and Child #2, enrolled for three weeks, did not contain a work phone number for each parent and an address for one emergency contact.