Description: Arias, Dorcas is a Group Family Day Care in BRONX 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 . The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 413.2(b)(3)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A group family day care home must have at least one assistant to the provider present when child day care is being provided to seven or more children when none of the children are school age, or nine or more children when at least two of the children are school age and such children receive services only before or after the period such children are ordinarily in school or during school lunch periods, or school holidays, or during those periods of the year in which school is not in session. This assistant shall be selected by the group family day care licensee and shall meet the qualifications established for such position by the regulations of OCFS. | |||
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 416.4(b)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home. | |||
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 416.15(b)(12) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The group family day care home must report to the Office: any change affecting, or which reasonably might be expected to affect, those portions of the building and property in which the program is operating or which are used for the children's egress in the case of emergency; any change in household members; and any other change that would place the home out of compliance with applicable regulations. | |||
| 2019-10-17 | Violation | 416.3(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. | |||
| 2019-10-17 | Violation | 416.5(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices must be used on all electrical outlets that are accessible to children. | |||
| 2019-10-17 | Violation | 416.5(y) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children. | |||
| 2019-10-17 | Violation | 416.11(a)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child. | |||
| 2018-06-01 | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: A licensed program must submit to the Office within 15 days of the written notification of the change in caregivers a sworn statement indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, he or she has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction | |||
| 2018-06-01 | 416.15(b)(19)(i) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen years of age or a person eighteen years of age beginning to reside at the premises, the program must submit the State Central Register of Child Abuse And Maltreatment database check forms necessary to complete required screening by the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment to determine if the person is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2018-06-01 | 416.15(b)(19)(ii) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen years of age or a person eighteen years of age beginning to reside at the premises, the program must submit the forms necessary to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law. | |||
| 2018-06-01 | 416.15(b)(19)(iii) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen years of age or a person eighteen years of age beginning to reside at the premises, the program must submit the necessary fingerprint image necessary to complete the criminal history review required pursuant to section 413.4 of this Article. | |||
| 2018-05-21 | 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 | |||
| 2018-05-21 | 416.13(a)(3) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being | |||
| 2018-05-21 | 416.15(b)(4) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits. | |||
| 2018-05-21 | 416.9(j) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, 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, hot spices, irritants or the like. | |||
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HORRIBLE! The owner is not friendly with children. She pretends to care about children but she don't. A friend told me she hits and mistreats children. Arias is only in the child care business for money not for the care of children. Do not put your child/children in her care.