Group Family Day Care
✓ Licensed
Browns Family Daycare
Lowville, NY
· Lewis County
Ridge Road,
Lowville, NY 13367
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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Licensed Group Family Day Care
Active License
License Number
875901
Licensed Since
2021
License Issued
Aug 23, 2025
Active Through
Aug 22, 2029
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
Syracuse Regional Office
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About the Provider
Browns Family Daycare is a Group Family Day Care in Lowville 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, 06:00 AM - 05:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Tuesday06:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Wednesday06:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Thursday06:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Friday06:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-SRO-058456 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-04-21 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-SRO-033483 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-02-10 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-SRO-010803 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-10-15 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-SRO-105445 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-09-04 | Fire Safety - Renewal | Fire Safety - Renewal | 2025-I-SRO-076321 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-09-04 | Violation | 416.5(v) | N |
| Brief Description: Working carbon monoxide alarm on all levels with a carbon monoxide source or a designated napping area (home built after 2008) | |||
| 2025-07-24 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2025-I-SRO-032444 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-07-24 | Violation | 416.11(b)(1)(ii) | N |
| Brief Description: Medical statement has been submitted before a caregiver has any involvement in child care work | |||
| 2025-05-30 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-SRO-034064 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-05-30 | Violation | 413.4(a) | 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: | |||
| 2025-05-30 | Violation | 413.4(b) | 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 in accordance with a schedule developed by the Office for any existing 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, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a group family day care home or family day care home: | |||
| 2025-03-20 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-SRO-012375 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-11-18 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-SRO-107650 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-11-18 | Violation | 416.11(c)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The Licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all caregivers and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: | |||
| 2024-11-18 | Violation | 416.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2024-04-03 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-SRO-012850 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-04-03 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-SRO-038422 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2023-12-31 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2023-I-SRO-055229 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2023-09-29 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2023-I-SRO-044288 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2022-05-11 | Violation | 416.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2022-05-11 | Violation | 416.12(q) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: If more than one child in the program is receiving breast milk, infant formula or other individualized food items, all containers or bottles must be clearly marked with the child's first and last name. | |||
| 2022-05-11 | Violation | 416.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2022-05-11 | 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; | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Violation | 416.3(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Violation | 416.4(g) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children must be located on the same floor of the group family day care home as a caregiver at all times, except as specified in section 416.8 of this Part. Children must not be located above the second floor of a single family dwelling. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Violation | 416.7(p) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Individual clean bed coverings must be available, as needed, for each child requiring a rest period. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | 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. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Violation | 416.11(i)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Caregivers and volunteers must thoroughly wash their hands with soap and running water at the beginning of each day, before and after the administration of medications, when they are dirty, after toileting or assisting children with toileting, after changing a diaper, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Violation | 416.12(q) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: If more than one child in the program is receiving breast milk, infant formula or other individualized food items, all containers or bottles must be clearly marked with the child's first and last name. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Violation | 416.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2022-03-16 | 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; | |||
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