Description: "First Step Day Care Center, Inc. is dedicated to providing affordable Day care for the children of our community, which meets the highest national recognized standards. Qualified staff provide an educational and developmentally appropriate program in a nuturing environment that embraces diversity. It is our goal to work in partnership with families to help children reach their fullest potential." It is our mission to continuously improve the quality of child care that we offer through the education and training of our staff to meet nationally recognized standards. It is our goal to work in partnership with families to help children reach their fullest potential. Each family is unique, and we strive to embrace the diversity of our families and the surrounding community. There is no greater influence on the life of a child than their family.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-20 | Violation | 418-1.9(j) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. | |||
| 2022-07-20 | Violation | 418-1.9(m) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.7(w) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children unable to sleep during nap time shall not be confined to a sleeping surface (cot, crib, etc) but instead must be offered a supervised place for quiet play. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.8(b) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.8(c) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must provide supervision of the staff responsible for the care of children. Workloads and assignments must be arranged to provide consistency of care to children and to allow staff to fulfill their respective responsibilities. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.9(h) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.9(j) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.9(m) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.10(c) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.11(c)(1) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.11(i)(18)(iii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children must be kept clean and comfortable at all times. Diapers must be changed when wet or soiled. The diaper changing area must be as close as possible to a sink with soap and hot and cold running water. This area or sink must not be used for food preparation. Diaper changing surfaces must be cleaned and disinfected after each use with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered product that has an EPA registration number on the label. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury, | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(26) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each child day care center must be staffed to perform administrative/fiscal management functions and, during all hours of operation, program supervision functions, including developing, directing and supervising daily activity programs for children. These functions may be performed by one individual or may be shared in any combination between two or more individuals. | |||
| 2022-04-01 | Violation | 418-1.3(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Before any change is made, the Office must be notified and must approve the re-designation of a classroom to a different age group of children. | |||
| 2022-04-01 | Violation | 418-1.4(g) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored in the furnace room or in rooms or outdoor areas adjacent to the facility that are ordinarily occupied by or accessible to children. | |||
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