NVFS Arlington Head Start Child Development Center

8VAC20-790-600-F

Staff who work directly with children shall, in addition to preservice and orientation training annually attend at least 16 hours of training and staff development activities, to include the department's health and safety update course. Staff #4 did not have the annual health and safety update training completed for 2025.

8VAC20-780-280-H

Purses are not to be kept in areas accessible to children. A purse was observed in classroom 207 sitting on the counter, accessible to the children.

8VAC20-780-350-B-4

The staff-to-children ratio (3 years old up to school age) of 1:10 (staff: children) is required whenever children are in care. Classroom 223 was left out of ratio with 14 children and only one teacher when a teacher left for supplies.

8VAC20-780-550-E

Shelter in place procedures shall be practiced a minimum of twice per year. Only one shelter-in-place drill was performed in 2024.

8VAC20-780-150-B

Each report will include the date of the physical examination and dates immunizations were received and shall be signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department. Child A had immunizations on file that are not signed by the physician.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Each child's record will contain name, home address, home phone number, and work phone number of each parent, and the name, address, and phone number of two designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached. Child A's file does not have a second emergency contact listed. Child B's file contains both parents as emergency contacts. Child G has no home information or work phone number listed for second parent.