Ft. George Head Start Center Ii - New York NY Head Start (Direct Fed. Funding)

601 WEST 186TH STREET , NEW YORK NY 10033
(212) 927-2210

About the Provider

Description: The Ft. George Com­mu­nity Enrich­ment Cen­ter, Inc. was founded and incor­po­rated in 1981 for the pur­pose of estab­lish­ing, main­tain­ing, and oper­at­ing pro­grams in edu­ca­tion, employ­ment and train­ing, eco­nomic devel­op­ment, hous­ing, health and social wel­fare. These pro­grams are designed to strengthen the growth and devel­op­ment of indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies in the Wash­ing­ton Heights Area.
The orga­ni­za­tion was formed by com­mu­nity res­i­dents who were con­cerned with the pro­vi­sion of com­pre­hen­sive ser­vices to lower-income fam­i­lies with preschool chil­dren, and fol­low­ing them through the early years of ele­men­tary school. The eth­nic make-up of the Ft. George Com­mu­nity Enrich­ment Center’s pop­u­la­tion con­sists of His­panic, Black, Asian and Cau­casian fam­i­lies. The com­po­si­tion of the Ft. George Com­mu­nity Enrich­ment Center’s Board of Direc­tors reflects this mul­ti­cul­tural com­mu­nity with the major­ity of its mem­bers resid­ing within this area. In line with this, the Wash­ing­ton Heights area is an evolv­ing com­mu­nity of growth. The area is tran­si­tional in the sense that there is a rel­a­tively high in-and-out migra­tion. Many young fam­i­lies in need of var­i­ous types of social and health ser­vices com­prise this neighborhood. Ini­tially the agency started the oper­a­tion of our Head Start pro­gram with 94 chil­dren. The pro­gram has now expanded to two sites in the Wash­ing­ton Heights area and pro­vides qual­ity com­pre­hen­sive early child­hood ser­vices to over 300 chil­dren, ages 3–5, and their families. The first site is located at 1525 St. Nicholas Avenue, and has a licensed capac­ity for 110 chil­dren. at any one time. This site houses the Admin­is­tra­tion offices of the agency. The sec­ond site is located at 601 West 186th Street and has a licensed capac­ity of 45 chil­dren at any one time. We con­tinue to sup­port the val­ues that we estab­lished for our­selves 30 years ago as they have clearly con­tributed to our ongo­ing success.

Additional Information: Years in Operation: 8

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 7832
  • Capacity: 51
  • Age Range: 2 YEARS - 5 YEARS
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • District Office: New York City Department of Health
  • District Office Phone: 311 or (212) NEW-YOR (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2019-10-15 Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations) 47.49(a) CORRECTED
Brief Description: At time of inspection child care service facility observed Not maintained or in disrepair. Dry sweeping observed in areas occupied by children.
2018-09-18 Minor violations (General Violations) 131.09(a) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Adequate lighting Not provided in commercial building at time of inspection.
2017-08-28 47.45 (b) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> At time of inspection child care service failed to provide sufficient lighting and or failed to maintain adequate foot candles in areas used by children.

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