Description: Almonte, Carmen is a Group Family Day Care in New York NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; Initial License Date: 4/5/2011; This facility is authorized to administer medications;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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-034594 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-04-21 | Violation | 413.4(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home: | |||
| 2026-04-21 | Violation | 416.13(a)(2) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: have a minimum of either two (2) years of experience caring for children under six years of age, or one (1) year of experience caring for children under six years of age plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase "experience caring for children" can mean child-rearing as well as paid and unpaid experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean educational workshops and courses in caring for preschool-age children; | |||
| 2026-04-21 | Violation | 416.13(a)(4) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: provide to the Office the names, addresses and daytime telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the employment history, work record and qualifications, if the person had ever been employed outside the home. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the character, habits and personal qualifications to be a group family day care provider, assistant, or substitute; and | |||
| 2026-03-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-024573 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-006149 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 413.4(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home: | |||
| 2026-03-06 | 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. | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 416.8(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Only approved caregivers may be left unsupervised with day care children. | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 416.8(e) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider must be the primary caregiver of children in a group family day care home. | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 416.11(b)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The initial medical statement for providers, assistants, and substitutes must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Thereafter, tuberculin tests are only required at the discretion of the employee's health care provider or at the start of new employment in a different child care program. | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 416.13(a)(2) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: have a minimum of either two (2) years of experience caring for children under six years of age, or one (1) year of experience caring for children under six years of age plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase "experience caring for children" can mean child-rearing as well as paid and unpaid experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean educational workshops and courses in caring for preschool-age children; | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 416.13(a)(4) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: provide to the Office the names, addresses and daytime telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the employment history, work record and qualifications, if the person had ever been employed outside the home. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the character, habits and personal qualifications to be a group family day care provider, assistant, or substitute; and | |||
| 2026-03-06 | 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; | |||
| 2026-03-06 | Violation | 416.15(b)(20) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: No person other than a caregiver may have unsupervised contact with a child in care at the program. | |||
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They don't treat the kids all that great, they barely watch them, Carmen's employee is always on her phone, all they do is force the kids to eat, play and nap. There's nothing educational. They don't teach them ABCs or even read a book to them.. Oh yeah and Carmen is a bit crazy..