The Neighborhood Center, Inc. - Utica NY Day Care Center

615 Mary St. , Utica NY 13501
(315) 272-2760

About the Provider

Description: Our New York State licensed child care programs employ professional staff to oversee activities designed to tap every aspect of a child's capabilities and potential - on all plains: social, emotional, intellectual and physical. Our services are grouped according to age and development and our programs provide an atmosphere of love, trust and understanding. The individualized needs of each child are paramount in all services delivered and parents are invited to participate in activities and meetings. Breakfast, lunch and snacks - all under USDA guidelines - are provided for all children ages 1 through 12.

Additional Information: This facility is authorized to administer medications; This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; This facility is authorized to administer medications; This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; Initial License Date: 1/21/2011;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 39953
  • Capacity: 122
  • Age Range: Total Capacity: 122;Infants: 16;Toddlers: 30;Preschool: 66;School-Age: 10;
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Schools Served: Utica School District
  • Initial License Issue Date: May 01, 1991
  • Current License Issue Date: May 01, 2019
  • District Office: Syracuse Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (315) 423-1202 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2021-07-23 Violation 418-1.7(w) 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.
2021-07-23 Violation 418-1.7(w) 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.
2020-11-23 Violation 418-1.11(h)(1)(iv) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: advise a parent or the person authorized to pick up the child that day, of any developing symptoms of illness or minor injury sustained while child is in care.
2020-11-23 Violation 418-1.11(h)(1)(iv) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: advise a parent or the person authorized to pick up the child that day, of any developing symptoms of illness or minor injury sustained while child is in care.
2020-02-27 Violation 418-1.7(q) Corrected
Brief Description: Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider.
2020-02-27 Violation 418-1.7(q) Corrected
Brief Description: Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider.
2019-09-30 Violation 418-1.8(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
2019-09-30 Violation 418-1.15(c)(5) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
2019-07-10 Violation 418-1.8(l)(3) Corrected
Brief Description: Groups of children may not be mixed together to use outdoor play areas, exercise areas, gym rooms or other common areas of the center unless, the space is large enough to accommodate multiple groups which must be kept separate.
2019-07-10 Violation 418-1.15(c)(5) Corrected
Brief Description: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
2019-04-08 Violation 418-1.3(i) Corrected
Brief Description: Concrete floors used by the children must be covered with appropriate material.
2019-04-08 Violation 418-1.7(o) Corrected
Brief Description: Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the program where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 418-1.8 of this Subpart.
2019-04-08 Violation 418-1.15(c)(11) Corrected
Brief Description: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; Statewide Central Register clearance results; Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs background check forms; criminal history review information; staff resumes; medical statement, acceptable references and other information required by section 418-1.13 of this Subpart;
2018-10-16 418-1.11(i)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must thoroughly wash their hands with soap and running water at the beginning of each day, before and after the administration of medications, when they are dirty, after toileting or assisting children with toileting, after changing a diaper, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.
2018-10-16 418-1.11(i)(2) Corrected
Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.

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