Friendship's Center, Inc. - Rochester NY Day Care Center

310 Fernwood Ave , Rochester NY 14609
(585) 342-7250

About the Provider

Description: Friendship Children's Center, Inc. is a non-denominational, not-for-profit organization, providing a wide range of family and child support services to an economically and culturally diverse population in the Greater Rochester area. Aware of the continuing changing needs of families, services are designed to strengthen and supplement family life through age-appropriate educational, emotional, social and physical experiences in a nurturing environment. Highest quality of care is assured through access to community services, continued professional growth staff and the initiation of new experiences for children and families.

Additional Information: This facility is authorized to administer medications;Initial License Date: 11/1/1990; There has been enforcement actions since 2003;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 39701
  • Capacity: 120
  • Age Range: Total Capacity: 120;Infants: 0;Toddlers: 12;Preschool: 72;School-Age: 36;
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Schools Served: Rochester School District
  • Initial License Issue Date: 1990-11-01
  • Current License Issue Date: 2018-11-01
  • District Office: Rochester Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (585) 238-8531 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2022-02-11 Violation 418-1.13(a)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications.
2022-02-11 Violation 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,
2021-08-12 Violation 418-1.11(i)(9) Corrected
Brief Description: The premises must be kept free of vermin.
2021-08-12 Violation 418-1.11(j)(2) Corrected
Brief Description: In addition to the requirements of Section 390-c of the Social Services Law, each day care facility must send a notice home with each child or otherwise provide notification to the parent of each child not less than forty-eight hours prior to the application of pesticides. Such notice must include:
2021-08-12 Violation 418-1.11(i)(9) Corrected
Brief Description: The premises must be kept free of vermin.
2021-08-12 Violation 418-1.11(j)(2) Corrected
Brief Description: In addition to the requirements of Section 390-c of the Social Services Law, each day care facility must send a notice home with each child or otherwise provide notification to the parent of each child not less than forty-eight hours prior to the application of pesticides. Such notice must include:
2019-12-16 Violation 418-1.8(b) 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.
2019-12-16 Violation 418-1.9(j) Corrected
Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like.
2019-10-21 Violation 418-1.8(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 teacher's range of vision and that the teacher 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.
2019-10-21 Violation 418-1.8(b) 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.
2019-07-25 Violation 418-1.11(i)(9) Corrected
Brief Description: The premises must be kept free of vermin.
2019-06-24 Violation 418-1.9(b) Corrected
Brief Description: The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.
2019-06-24 Violation 418-1.9(h) Corrected
Brief Description: Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement.
2019-06-24 Violation 418-1.10(c) Corrected
Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child day care center staff must report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child day 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 day care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:
2018-10-09 418-1.11(f)(20) Corrected
Brief Description: In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children 5 years of age or older must be reauthorized at least once every 12 months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription.

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