Child Care Center
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Great Beginnings Children's Learning Center
Hardyston, NJ
· Sussex County
3501 ROUTE 94,
Hardyston, NJ 07419
Quick Facts
Capacity
120 children
Age Range
0 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
3
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Contact Information
📞 (973) 209-1500
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
19GRE0001
License Issued
Jun 30, 2026
Active Through
Jun 30, 2029
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
Reviews
Marion Castro
2017-08-31 14:54:21
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I am an employee
I have worked here for 10 years and I could not imagine working anywhere else. We are a family who cares about each other and has each other's back all the time. We care for every child that walks through the door and make sure that they have a safe, loving environment to play and learn. This is my second home.
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About the Provider
Great Beginnings Children's Learning Center is dedicated to encouraging the lifelong love of learning. Through the commitment, creativity and teamwork of our wonderful staff, we deliver high quality child care in a warm, loving environment. We challenge children each day with a playful approach to learning, employing the Creative Curriculum as our guideline for the children's development. We are tremendously proud to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). This distinction exemplifies our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of child care, teacher qualifications and school environment. Please explore our site to learn more about our wonderful learning center!
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday06:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday06:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday06:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday06:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | Record Retrieval | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-05-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-04-23 | Email,Record Retrieval | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-23 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-29 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-12 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-11-28 | Monitoring,New Sponsor | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-08-23 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-31 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(j)(1)(ii) | Ensure that the expulsion policy includes the method the center will use to notify parents of concerns that may lead to expulsion. Written documentation of parental conferences should be provided when expulsion or suspension of a child is being discussed. - The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the expulsion of children from enrollment at the center. The expulsion policy shall include the method that the center will use to notify parents of concerns that could lead to expulsion, such as written notification or a parent conference. |
| 2023-07-28 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-28 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-28 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(a)(3) | Ensure that the methods of guidance and discipline used at the center lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. In Room 6, a child was strapped into a high chair to prevent the child from biting others. Staff should ensure that measures to prevent unwanted behaviors are positive and assist children to develop and maintain self control. - The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. |
| 2023-07-28 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) | Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center. - The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center. |
| 2023-07-28 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) | Retrain all staff on implementing the center's discipline policy. Provide documentation to OOL that the re-training has been completed. - Topics of orientation training shall include implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6. |
| 2023-07-28 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(j)(1)(iii) | Ensure that the expulsion policy includes sufficient time limits before expulsion to enable parents to make alternative child care arrangements. - The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the expulsion of children from enrollment at the center. The expulsion policy shall include sufficient time limits before expulsion to enable parents to make alternative child care arrangements or to take the necessary corrective action to allow the child to remain at the center, except as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.8(j)1iv. |
| 2023-05-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-03-23 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-20 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-20 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(ii)(1) | Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a feeding plan documented in writing and regularly reviewed to see if updates are needed. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for children less than 12 months of age, the feeding plan shall be documented in writing. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(2) | Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. - The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. |
| 2023-01-20 | 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). |
| 2023-01-20 | 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. |
| 2023-01-20 | 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 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. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(d)(1) | Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. - For school-age child care programs the program supervisor shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the applicable options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(d) for education, training, and experience, based on the center's licensed capacity. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(o)(1) | Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. - First aid requirements are as follows: at least two staff members who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross), shall be in the center at all times when enrolled children are present. |
| 2023-01-20 | 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. |
| 2023-01-20 | 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). |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(9) | Ensure that toilets, wash basins, kitchen sinks and other plumbing are maintained in operating and sanitary condition. Ensure that the sink and toilet in Room 4 are repaired. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: toilets, wash basins, kitchen sinks, and other plumbing shall be maintained in good operating and sanitary condition. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(18) | Ensure that microwave is secured out of the reach of children and are not used when children are in the area in Room 2. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ensure that microwave ovens, toaster ovens, and other portable devices used to heat or prepare food are out of children's reach, secured on a stable surface, and not in use when children are in the area in order to ensure the safety of children. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(d)(1) | Ensure that a minimum temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit is maintained in all areas used by the children. - Heating requirements are as follows: a minimum temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit shall be maintained in all areas used by children, including, but not limited to, classrooms and bathrooms. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(16)(i) | Repair and/or paint the walls and other surfaces as required. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: walls shall be painted or otherwise covered whenever there is evidence of excessive peeling or chipped paint. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(7) | Ensure that all playground equipment meets public playground design standards (ASTM F-1487). Remove the red see saw and the rocking horse from the infant/toddler playgrounds. - Outdoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall comply with the Playground Safety Subcode of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, as specified in N.J.A.C. 5:23-11. |
| 2023-01-20 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(iii) | Submit current documentation from the DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) for centers not served by a public community water system and post the results. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility or site is not provided a potable water supply by a public community water system, the applicant shall provide potable water sampling results demonstrating compliance with maximum contaminant levels for all contaminants required to be tested pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:10-5 for public non-transient, non-community (NTNC) water systems, including radiological contaminants, regardless of whether they meet the definition of NTNC systems as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:10-1.3. This sampling shall have been conducted within three years of the date of application submission, except nitrates and coliform, for which the sampling shall have been conducted within 90 days of submitting the application. |
| 2022-10-12 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2021-10-21 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2021-04-01 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-03-30 | Renewal,Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2021-03-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-02-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-01-29 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-12-09 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-10-16 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-08-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-06-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-05-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-04-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-03-18 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-02-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-29 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2019-10-01 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-08-09 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-19 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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