Child Safety and Oversight at Richmond-Area Care Settings

Thrive Learning Center East on Cofer Road remains closed after a toddler put an administrator’s loaded gun in their mouth; DSS documented 56 violations, and an article reports a felony charge. The facility has been closed since October 1 during administrative proceedings; its connection to 23227 is unconfirmed. In the separate King Overton drowning case, SwimRVA appealed a state licensing finding and the state later approved an exemption after a compliance plan; the family’s wrongful-death suit remains unresolved.