Description: ABC Little Steps Day Care is a Group Family Day Care in Manhattan NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Total Capacity: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children �(there must be one caregiver for every two children under the age of two years in attendance). The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-26 | Violation | 416.11(i)(10) | 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 then sanitized or disinfected after each use with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered product that has an EPA registration number on the label. | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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. | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance. | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A licensed program must notify the Office immediately in writing when there is any change of caregivers | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A licensed program must submit to the Office within 15 days of the written notification of the change in caregivers, the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A licensed program must submit to the Office within 15 days of the written notification of the change in caregivers the forms necessary to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protecion of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A licensed program must submit to the Office within 15 days of the written notification of the change in caregivers the fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review | |||
| 2019-08-22 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In hiring caregivers subsequent to issuance of a license, a program must ensure that a medical statement has been submitted before the person has any involvement with children in care, as required in section 416.11 of this Part. | |||
| 2019-07-23 | Violation | 416.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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. | |||
| 2019-07-23 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance. | |||
| 2019-01-24 | Violation | 416.3(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. | |||
| 2019-01-24 | Violation | 416.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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. | |||
| 2019-01-24 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance. | |||
| 2019-01-24 | Violation | 416.11(c)(2)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Health care plan must describe how a daily health check of each child for any indication of illness, injury, abuse or maltreatment will be conducted and documented | |||
| 2019-01-24 | Violation | 416.12(n) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made. | |||
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After one week (7/1/2013 - 7/5/2013) of my daughter Samiyah attending ABC Little Steps Day Care, at 1680 Madison Avenue, she was not herself. She was sad and hated going. First: Ms. Reyes would not let Samiyah's father and I stay for her first 30 minutes of attending the Day Care because they claimed that they "don't allow parents to do that." RED FLAG!! During her first week my daughter vomited at least 3 times and her diapers looked like they fed her eggs, and I suggested that they do not feed her eggs. From the looks of her soiled diapers, they fed her eggs!!! I took my daughter out of their program after the first week and I would never recommend this Day Care to anyone. Their facility is very small, they mix school-age (ages 6 to 8 years old) kids with infants and toddlers, which I did not know about until the first day I dropped Samiyah off. I'm fearing that Samiyah was mistreated by one of these older children or by the staff. My daughter's behavior has me very worried. She very clingy to me and her father more than ever and not her usual happy self. She wasn't eating well for an entire week after she left the program and she had diarrhea and was vomiting. Ms. Reyes staff does not properly evaluate the children because at the end of Samiyah's first week Ms. Reyes' only English speaking worker, Mary, either couldn't or didn't want to tell me what was going on while my daughter was in their care. I still feel she is hiding something. Mary gave a horrible report. "Ummm, She's ok...." is not enough! 90% of Ms. Reyes' staff speaks and comprehends Spanish only. My daughter doesn't talk every well yet but she understands and comprehends English very well and I believe that the language barrier contributed to her being unable to transition from the baby sitter to daycare.