Group Family Day Care
✓ Licensed
Castillo, Fredesvinda
Bronx, NY
· Bronx County
East 169th Street,
Bronx, NY 10459
Quick Facts
Capacity
14 children
Age Range
12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Group Family Day Care
Active License
License Number
395490
Licensed Since
2009
License Issued
Aug 21, 2023
Active Through
Aug 20, 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
Castillo, Fredesvinda is a Group Family Day Care in BRONX NY, with a maximum capacity of 14 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 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: 8/21/2009;
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-083021 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-08-21 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-004138 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-08-29 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-082881 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-08-29 | Violation | 416.11(b)(7) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must retain on file in the program a medical statement, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, from a health care provider for each person residing in the home. | |||
| 2025-07-11 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-051422 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-07-11 | 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: | |||
| 2025-07-11 | Violation | 413.4(c)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: a search of the state-based child abuse or neglect repository of any state other than New York where such person lives or lived during the preceding five years. | |||
| 2025-07-11 | Violation | 416.11(b)(7) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must retain on file in the program a medical statement, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, from a health care provider for each person residing in the home. | |||
| 2025-07-11 | 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. | |||
| 2025-07-11 | Violation | 416.15(b)(19)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, 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; and | |||
| 2025-07-11 | Violation | 416.15(b)(19)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, 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; and | |||
| 2025-07-11 | Violation | 416.15(b)(19)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the necessary fingerprint image necessary to complete the criminal history review required pursuant to section 413.4 of this Article. | |||
| 2025-01-31 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-NYCDOH-005175 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-01-31 | Violation | 416.5(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance. | |||
| 2025-01-31 | Violation | 416.5(b)(7) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each program must have on site a variety of supplies including food, water, first aid and other safety equipment to allow for the protection of the health and safety of children in the event parents are unable to pick up children due to a local disaster. The plan must take into account a child's needs for an overnight stay. Food supplies must be non-perishable and of sufficient quantity for all children for an overnight stay. | |||
| 2025-01-31 | Violation | 416.11(a)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law. | |||
| 2025-01-31 | Violation | 416.14(m) | N |
| Brief Description: A caregiver certified in First Aid and CPR is present at all times children are in care | |||
| 2025-01-31 | Violation | 416.14(n) | N |
| Brief Description: First Aid & CPR certificates must be appropriate to the ages of the children in care | |||
| 2025-01-31 | 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; | |||
| 2024-09-12 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-085303 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-07-31 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-NYCDOH-005007 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-07-31 | Violation | 416.4(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Multi-purpose fire extinguishers of a type approved for use in residences must be maintained in good working condition and placed in the kitchen and outside the furnace room. A group family day care program located in a multiple family dwelling is not required to place or maintain a fire extinguisher outside the furnace room of such dwelling. The caregivers must know how to use the fire extinguishers placed in such home. Fire extinguishers with gauges must show a full charge. Fire extinguishers with seals must have unbroken seals. | |||
| 2024-07-31 | Violation | 416.13(a)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: 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; | |||
| 2024-07-31 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(e) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: two acceptable references; | |||
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