Group Family Day Care
✓ Licensed
Brighter Horizons Inc.
Staten Island, NY
· Richmond County
Hylan Blvd,
Staten Island, NY 10305
Quick Facts
Capacity
16 children
Age Range
12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Contact Information
Licensed Group Family Day Care
Active License
License Number
893642
Licensed Since
2023
License Issued
Jan 23, 2023
Active Through
Jan 22, 2027
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
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About the Provider
Brighter Horizons Inc. is a Group Family Day Care in staten island 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. It is open Monday - Friday, 07:00 AM - 06:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Tuesday07:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Wednesday07:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Thursday07:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Friday07:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-077181 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-04-01 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-027576 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-012215 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.5(b)(4) | N |
| Brief Description: Two shelter in place drills are held annually | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.8(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Competent supervision is maintained at all times with exceptions only as specified in regulation | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.8(j)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: One caregiver observed for either 6 children not yet in school or 8 when at least 2 are school age | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.8(j)(2) | N |
| Brief Description: Two caregivers present when more than 6 children, none of whom are school age, are in care | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.8(p)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each group family day care home shall require visitors to the home to: | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.11(h)(5)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A written Individual Health Care Plan must be developed for the child; | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.15(a)(9) | N |
| Brief Description: Numbers and ages of children present are within licensed or registered capacity | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.15(b)(20) | N |
| Brief Description: Only approved caregivers have unsupervised contact with the day care children | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2025-10-02 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2023-I-NYCDOH-054095 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-08-14 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-059399 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-08-14 | Violation | 416.5(s)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Every bathroom door lock must be designed to permit opening of the locked door from the outside in an emergency. The opening device must be readily accessible. | |||
| 2025-08-14 | Violation | 416.13(a)(2) | 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; | |||
| 2025-08-14 | Violation | 416.15(b)(12) | N |
| Brief Description: Office notified of any change to the home or program | |||
| 2025-08-14 | Violation | 416.15(b)(13) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent. | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-051361 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.2(a)(14) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Applicants for a license must submit to the Office: the site to be used for child care must meet the definition and requirements of a personal residence as outlined in Part 413. The licensee must submit documentation, acceptable to the Office, to prove that the group family day care home is being used as a residence; | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.3(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.5(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions are taken to eliminate all safety and health hazards | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.7(r) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Sleeping surfaces, including bedding, which is the removable and washable portion of the sleeping environment, must not come in contact with the sleeping surfaces of another child's rest equipment during storage. Mats and cots must be stored so that the sleeping surfaces do not touch when stacked. | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.13(a)(2) | 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; | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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, | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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, | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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 | |||
| 2025-07-10 | 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; | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.15(b)(13) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent. | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 416.15(c)(13) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers; | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-039070 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 413.4(a)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: a search of the New York State Sex Offender Registry; and | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.6(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The Licensee must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a caregiver. | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.7(l) | 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 home 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 416.8 of this Part. | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.13 | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Caregiver Qualifications | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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, | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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, | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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 | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(e) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: two acceptable references; | |||
| 2025-05-12 | 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; | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.15(c)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the names and addresses of persons authorized to take the child(ren) from the group family day care home; | |||
| 2025-05-12 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2025-01-02 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-NYCDOH-013964 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-01-02 | Violation | 416.11(h)(1)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the provider or other caregivers to obtain emergency health care for the child; | |||
| 2025-01-02 | Violation | 416.15(c)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the names and addresses of persons authorized to take the child(ren) from the group family day care home; | |||
| 2025-01-02 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2025-01-02 | Violation | 416.15(c)(18) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the napping agreement for each child in care; | |||
| 2024-12-04 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-111280 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-12-04 | Violation | 416.14(n) | N |
| Brief Description: First Aid & CPR certificates must be appropriate to the ages of the children in care | |||
| 2024-12-04 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(e) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: two acceptable references; | |||
| 2024-12-04 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | N |
| Brief Description: Children's health records and immunizations are current | |||
| 2024-10-09 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-100085 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-10-09 | Violation | 416.11(a)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. | |||
| 2024-10-09 | Violation | 416.15(c)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the names and addresses of persons authorized to take the child(ren) from the group family day care home; | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-101885 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.7(l) | 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 home 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 416.8 of this Part. | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.8(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Competent supervision is maintained at all times with exceptions only as specified in regulation | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.8(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Only approved caregivers may be left unsupervised with day care children. | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.8(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The assistant(s) must also be caring for children whenever the numbers and ages of children in care dictate that an assistant be present. | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.8(j)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: One caregiver observed for either 6 children not yet in school or 8 when at least 2 are school age | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.8(j)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of whom are school age, are in care. | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.14(m) | N |
| Brief Description: A caregiver certified in First Aid and CPR is present at all times children are in care | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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, | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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, | |||
| 2024-10-08 | 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; | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.15(b)(12) | N |
| Brief Description: Office notified of any change to the home or program | |||
| 2024-10-08 | Violation | 416.15(b)(20) | N |
| Brief Description: Only approved caregivers have unsupervised contact with the day care children | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-NYCDOH-014673 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Violation | 416.6(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The Licensee must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a caregiver. | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Violation | 416.7(l) | 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 home 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 416.8 of this Part. | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Violation | 416.11(h)(1)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the provider or other caregivers to obtain emergency health care for the child; | |||
| 2024-06-11 | 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; | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Violation | 416.15(c)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the names and addresses of persons authorized to take the child(ren) from the group family day care home; | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2023-I-NYCDOH-054852 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2023-11-29 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2023-I-NYCDOH-053049 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2023-11-29 | Violation | 416.8(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Competent supervision is maintained at all times with exceptions only as specified in regulation | |||
| 2023-11-29 | Violation | 416.14(m) | N |
| Brief Description: A caregiver certified in First Aid and CPR is present at all times children are in care | |||
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