Child Care Center
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Boys and Girls Clubs of Hudson County at JCHA Marion Gardens
Jersey City, NJ
· Hudson County
73 Dales Avenue,
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Quick Facts
Capacity
26 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
181000138
License Issued
Jun 19, 2026
Active Through
Jun 19, 2029
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
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About the Provider
Boys and Girls Clubs of Hudson County at JCHA Marion Gardens is a Child Care Center in Jersey City NJ, with a maximum capacity of 26 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Phone Call,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-06-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-05-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-01 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-05-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-04-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-03-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-01-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-01-21 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-12-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-11-06 | Life Safety | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-09-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-09-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-05-31 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-03-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-02-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-02-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-01-29 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-05-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-03-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-03-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-09 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-09 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL. - The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall complete staff development in understanding licensing rules as provided by the Office. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist with all the required components. - The center shall complete and maintain on file for each enrolled child a Children’s Records Checklist, signed by the director, sponsor, or sponsor representative and designated by the Office of Licensing, indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the child's name, address, birth date, and date of enrollment. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times. - The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(i) | Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for staff that indicate the hours the staff worked at the center. - The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of staff attendance records indicating daily hours worked. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. One staff member and the sponsor representative are missing updated CHRI. - As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) | Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. - The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. |
| 2023-03-09 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(1) | Maintain an illness log with all the required components. - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: the name of the injured child. |
| 2023-02-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-12-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-11-02 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-02 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(b) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training which may be included for six of the required annual training hours. - Orientation training as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) may be included for six of the required hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(c) and (d). |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(c) | Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually. - The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(d)(2) | Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually. - In lieu of the child care staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(b), the director, head teacher(s), group teacher(s), and program supervisor(s) shall each complete 20 hours of staff development each year. Recommended topics of training for these staff include special needs programming and program development. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(o)(1) | Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. - First aid requirements are as follows: at least two staff members who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross), shall be in the center at all times when enrolled children are present. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) | Provide a current fire certificate as required. - The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(vii) | Post a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated from each classroom and the outdoor play area. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated in case of emergency from each classroom and the outdoor play area. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(iii)(1) | Ensure that the center chooses an alternate indoor location within a safe walking distance of the center. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating an alternate indoor location that operates during the same operating hours as the center. The center shall select an alternate indoor location within safe walking distance. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(8) | Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center, and, as determined by the Office of Licensing, on a case-by-case basis, the facility operator shall submit to the Office of Licensing a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the Department of Health that indicates that no further remediation is needed for the interior of the building in which the center is located. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) | Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2. |
| 2022-11-02 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(d)(1) | Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. - For school-age child care programs the program supervisor shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the applicable options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(d) for education, training, and experience, based on the center's licensed capacity. |
| 2022-05-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-03-08 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-02-10 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-12-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-11-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-09-28 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-07-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-04-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-07-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-06-19 | Initial | No | Center Inspection |
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