Description:
The Downtown Ithaca Childen's Center provides a creative and culturally diverse environment that fosters the emotional, social and intellectual development of children. We do so by incorporating the involvement of families, staff, and our community in all of our work.
We have been operating for over 30 years, and have a highly trained and experienced staff that carefully track each child's social and emotional development. Our goal is to have every child that comes to our center develop all of the skills needed to succeed in any future education experience.
Additional Information:We offer full time care for children 6 weeks to 5 years old and afterschool programs for school age children up to 6th grade.
This facility is authorized to administer medications;Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | Self-Report | Self-Report | 2026-I-SRO-028522 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-03-24 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-SRO-026259 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2026-03-02 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-SRO-001186 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-12-08 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-SRO-100290 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-07-25 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2025-I-SRO-053483 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-05-02 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2025-I-SRO-036614 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-04-25 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2025-I-SRO-034991 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-04-14 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-SRO-002005 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-03-07 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | 2025-I-SRO-027405 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-01-27 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-SRO-112154 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2024-08-12 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2024-I-SRO-078806 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2024-07-22 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2024-I-SRO-075288 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2022-06-14 | Violation | 418-1.8(b) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. | |||
| 2022-06-14 | Violation | 418-1.10(c) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: | |||
| 2022-06-14 | Violation | 418-1.11(f)(7)(i) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Over-the-counter products, including but not limited to over-the-counter topical ointments, lotions, creams, sprays, including sunscreen products and topically applied insect repellant can be administered by the program for one day only, with verbal permission of the parent. If an over-the-counter product is to be administered on a subsequent day or an ongoing basis, written permission from the parent must have been provided to the program. | |||
If you are a provider and you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We will research your concern and make corrections accordingly.
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