Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Gateway Head Start Early Education Center
Atlantic City, NJ
· Atlantic County
1433 Bacharach Boulevard,
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Quick Facts
Capacity
292 children
Age Range
0 - 6 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Contact Information
📞 (609) 487-4544
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
160600028
License Issued
Sep 6, 2026
Active Through
Sep 6, 2029
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
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About the Provider
Gateway Head Start Early Education Center is a Child Care Center in Atlantic City NJ, with a maximum capacity of 292 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 6 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
- Tuesday08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
- Wednesday08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
- Thursday08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
- Friday08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-08-07 | Other,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-06-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-05-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-05-04 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-02-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-02-17 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-09-18 | Life Safety Modification,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-07-24 | Monitoring,Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-12-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-28 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-05 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-20 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-05-17 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-02-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-01-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-12-04 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-15 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(a)(12)(ii) | Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name. - All centers shall comply with the following requirements, the center shall ensure that these safety and sanitation practices are followed: sippy cups shall be labeled with the child’s name. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-6.1(e) | Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking. - The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) | Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal. - The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(i) | Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before preparing or serving food. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. - The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. - When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and maintain on file staff signatures attesting to the training. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist. - The center shall complete and maintain on file for each enrolled child a Children’s Records Checklist, signed by the director, sponsor, or sponsor representative and designated by the Office of Licensing, indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the child's name, address, birth date, and date of enrollment. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. - As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-3.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. - The center shall distribute a copy of the Information to Parents document to each child’s parent(s) upon enrollment and to every person upon becoming a staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s and staff member’s signature attesting to receipt of the document. The center shall maintain on file a copy of the Information to Parents document. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-6.5(b) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff the center's policy on the release of children and will maintain on file signatures from all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. - The center shall distribute a copy of the release policy to the parent of each enrolled child and each staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s and staff member’s signature attesting to receipt of the policy. |
| 2023-05-15 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(l) | Develop and distribute to all families and staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. - The center shall distribute a copy of the social media policy to the parent of each enrolled child and to each staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature and each staff member’s signature attesting to the receipt of the policy. |
| 2023-04-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-03-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-20 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-20 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-20 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) | Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. 1/30/2023 Pertains to 6 staff. - The sponsor or sponsor representative, and each staff member shall complete a signed consent form provided by the Department that indicates the identifying information necessary to conduct a CARI background check, including the person’s name, address, date of birth, sex, race, and Social Security number. Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579), the Department shall advise each such person that the disclosure of his or her Social Security number is voluntary, and that the Social Security number will only be used for the purpose of conducting a CARI background check. |
| 2022-12-20 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. 1/30/2023 Pertains to 1 staff. - As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| 2022-12-20 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required. - The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1). |
| 2022-12-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(4) | Ensure that the center conducts at least two lockdown drills per year during each session provided at the center and maintains records of the drills on file. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct two lockdown drills per year and maintain on file a record of each lockdown drill. The center shall ensure that lockdown drills are conducted during each session provided at the center. |
| 2022-09-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-23 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-03-18 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-01-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-11-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-08-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-07-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-05-24 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-02-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-01-17 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-12-17 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-11-14 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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