Office of Military Community Outreach
Children and Youth Online Inspection Report
Markham SAC
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060, United States
+1 703-805-9100
chassidy.l.carr.naf@army.mil
DoD Certification
Each program is inspected no fewer than four times a year. These inspections are unannounced and include:
- An annual comprehensive fire and safety inspection
- An annual comprehensive health and sanitation inspection
- A multi-disciplinary team inspection that includes a parent representative
- A military-service headquarters inspection
The successful completion of the service headquarters inspection results in a Department of Defense certificate to operate. The certificate inspection reviews the following programmatic areas of compliance:
- Resource management and administration
- Personnel management
- Background checks
- Oversight and inspections
- Facility
- Fire and safety
- Health and sanitation
- Nutrition and food service
- Child maltreatment and reporting
- Supervision of children
- Parent involvement, participation and communication
- Learning activities and interactions with children
National Accreditation
Achieving national accreditation demonstrates that this facility has been measured by the most rigorous national standards in the area of education, health and safety. This process includes self-study, continued program development, and assessment by an independent professional accrediting agency.
Agencies:
Council on Accreditation (COA)
: COA Standards
DoD Certification/Accreditation Dates
DoD Certification dates below verify that the program has successfully met the requirements in the programmatic areas listed above.
Markham School Age Center
Date of Higher Headquarters Inspection:
Date DoD Certificate Expires:
Date National Accreditation Expires: