The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 directs states to make information available concerning the number of deaths, serious injuries and instances of substantiated child abuse that occur in child care settings each year.

The Virginia Department of Social Services publishes an annual report summarizing child protective services complaints in out-of-family settings which include child care settings. The report shows by locality the number of complaints accepted, the number of founded complaints and the number of unfounded complaints. Access the most recent report.

Child care providers should report incidences of child deaths and serious injuries that occur in their settings using the Injury of a Child Requiring Outside Medical Treatment or Death form.

VDOE tracks and reports deaths and serious injuries in child care settings in the Death and Serious Injury Database.