Description: First Tiny Steps Day Care Inc. is a Group Family Day Care in Astoria NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Total Capacity: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children . The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 416.4(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: There must be an operational smoke detector on each floor of the home. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 416.5(e) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Porches, decks or stairs with more than two steps must have railings with a barrier extending to the floor or ground to prevent children from falling. Acceptable types of barriers include, but are not limited to, balusters, intermediate rails, and heavy screening. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 416.5(v) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Operating carbon monoxide detectors must be used in all group family day care homes when required, and located in areas of the home in accordance with applicable laws. | |||
| 2021-08-24 | 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. | |||
| 2021-08-24 | 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. | |||
| 2019-03-21 | 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 | |||
| 2019-03-21 | Violation | 416.14(q)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Every person in the position of assistant, substitute, or volunteer with the potential for regular and substantial contact with children at the time this regulation becomes effective must complete the Office-approved training by September 30, 2017. Any assistant or substitute who does not complete this training by September 30, 2017 must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such time as the training has been completed. The person supervising the individual must have completed the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements. | |||
| 2017-10-30 | 416.11(a)(1) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Other than children who are enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade, 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 day 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. | |||
| 2017-10-30 | 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. | |||
| 2017-10-30 | 416.11(h)(1)(i) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: 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 | |||
| 2017-10-30 | 416.14(a)(2) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: All providers who completed health and safety training prior to August 1, 2016 must complete the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements by September 30, 2017. | |||
| 2017-10-30 | 416.14(q)(1) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Every person in the position of assistant, substitute, or volunteer with the potential for regular and substantial contact with children at the time this regulation becomes effective must complete the Office-approved training by September 30, 2017. Any assistant or substitute who does not complete this training by September 30, 2017 must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such time as the training has been completed. The person supervising the individual must have completed the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements. | |||
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A wonderful and a very lovely place where kids grow healthy and very well educated,I love taking my daughter there and I know she is really taken care.Isabel you are doing and excellent job.Thank you.
The person who runs the daycare is really a nice lady that enjoys been with kids more than anything. Taking care of kids is more a satisfaction than a job for her. Food provided is organic and healthy for babies and kids. I'm very happy to have my baby there.
A wonderful Day Care for your children...extremely clean and well organized, the owner Isabel is very kind and loving to the children and she knows how to manage different age kids very well.