Child Care Center
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Hawkins Street School Family Friendly Center
Newark, NJ
· Essex County
8 Hawkins Street,
Newark, NJ 07105
Quick Facts
Capacity
200 children
Age range (listing information)
6 - 13 years
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Subsidized Program
Participates
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Contact Information
📞 (973) 465-4920
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
07HAW0001
License Issued
Mar 12, 2026
Active Through
Mar 12, 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
Hawkins Street School Family Friendly Center is a Child Care Center in Newark NJ, with a maximum capacity of 200 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 6 - 13 years; please confirm current ages with the provider. It is open Monday - Friday, 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
- Friday03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-02-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-22 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-02 | Life Safety Modification,Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2024-09-24 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-06-17 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-05-14 | Monitoring,Other | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-09-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-07-24 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-06-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-04-10 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-03-06 | Renewal | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-03-06 | Renewal | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all staff have completed training pertaining to the center's policies and procedures for tracking children and are aware of the number of children in their care at all times. A named staff left the classroom with a group of children and a child was left in the classroom and the staff person did not adequately keep track of the children in his care. - The center shall ensure that all staff members are trained in the method of keeping track of children and know how many children are in their care at all times. |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(c) | Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. On the day of the inspection there were only 3 staff for 52 children when a 4th person was needed to maintain ratios. A supervisor came to the center at the same time that the inspection started and she remained on site for the day. Violation abated. - The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. Center is now using a different side of a divided cafeteria without OOL prior knowledge. The area previously approved had be divided and must be remeasured for accurate room capacity. There were 50 children occupying a space which measures for approximately for 20 children. Ensure the center does not over occupy approved classrooms. - Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center allow more children in attendance than the licensed room capacity. |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(q)(1)(ii) | Ensure that unapproved space is inaccessible to the children at all times. Center is using rooms that have not been approved by OOL. Center needs to request the new rooms for approval, and not use a new room without prior approval form OOL. - Space and room requirements are as follows: all space and rooms within the center to be used by children shall be inspected and approved by the Office of Licensing prior to their use. In making its determination, the Office of Licensing shall consider whether the space is too far removed, remote, or isolated from other areas of the center to be used by children. rooms or areas of the center that are not Office of Licensing-approved for use by children shall be made inaccessible to children. |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(r) | Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. On the day of the inspection observation of the children in the gym indicated that two named children entered into a physical exchange and the staff in the gym did not notice until the inspector pointed it out to the staff. Ensure that staff are actively supervising the children. - The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(v) | Ensure that the center establishes a staff substitute system. Center shall have a sub list that can be contacted to cover staff that have called out. - The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to ensure the establishment of a staff member substitute system. |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete retraining on supervising and tracking children. Submit retraining document with staff signatures to OOL. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(e) | Ensure that the director designee completes the training, "Understanding Licensing Regulations" provided by OOL within 90 days of hire. - Directors shall complete staff development in understanding licensing regulations as provided by the Office of Licensing within 90 days of hire. Such staff development may be included in the required 20 hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(d). |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times. On the day of the inspection the staff had not signed out 4 children that had come to the program and had left before the renewal inspection started. - The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure. |
| 2023-03-06 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(k)(1) | Ensure that the center's social media policy is updated to include newer forms/sites. Submit to OOL. - The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the use of social media including, but not limited to the use of social networking sites and other websites. |
| 2023-02-03 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-01-03 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-11-03 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-06-22 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-05-19 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-05-19 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(2) | Complete accident reports as required, including the date, time and location of the incident. Center shall ensure that all accident reports are complete and correctly completed. - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: the date, time and location of the incident. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(a)(2) | Ensure that parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. Review of accident reports indicate that the center is not informing parents of an injury requiring immediate contact and instead informing the parents at the time of pick up. Retrain staff on correct procedures. Submit retraining document with staff signatures to OOL. - The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) | Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. - 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 a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Review of the staff files in correlation to the items checked off on the staff records checklist indicate that items are required items are missing from files but yet checked off on the required staff records checklist. Ensure all items on the checklist are secured in the staff files. - 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). |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Ensure CARI clearances are kept on file at the center. - 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. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. - The director shall meet the following qualification requirements for early childhood programs licensed to serve more than 30 children, the director shall meet the qualification requirements as specified in N.J.A.C 3A:52-4.6(b) for education and experience. |
| 2022-05-19 | 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. |
| 2022-05-19 | 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. Submit current cards to OOL. - 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. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(i) | Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for staff that indicate the hours the staff worked at the center. - The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of staff attendance records indicating daily hours worked. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the child's name, address, birth date and date of enrollment. Required checklist was not complete on the day of the inspection. - 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. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(9) | Ensure that staff designated to perform health care procedures are trained in doing so and that at least two staff members at the center have received the training. - 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: before administering a health care procedure associated with a child’s health condition, such as the use of a blood glucose monitor, nebulizer, or epinephrine pen, the center shall ensure that all staff members who administer the procedure are taught to do so by the child’s parent or another appropriately-trained person. There shall be at least two staff members present at the center who are trained in such health care procedures. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(7) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains a medication log. Review of records indicate that there is a child that has an allergy that requires an epi-pen but the program does not have a permission form from the parent to administer the epi-pen. Secure all required documentation from the parent and keep on site. - 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 maintain on file a record of the following |
| 2022-05-19 | 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. Ensure staff have the epi-pen necessary for a named child. Secure a special care plan from the child's doctor and keep on site. - 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). |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-3.4(a) | Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file. - The sponsor or sponsor representative shall secure comprehensive general liability insurance coverage for the center and shall maintain on file a copy of the insurance policy or documentation of current insurance coverage. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(n)(1) | Ensure that the center conducts fire drills at least once per month during each session provided at the center. Center has been open since March and have not conducted any fire drills as required. - Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct fire drills at least once a month, as specified in the NJUFC. The center shall ensure that fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center and that one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable. |
| 2022-05-19 | 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. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(vii) | Post a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated from each classroom and the outdoor play area. Submit a current floor plan to OOL. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated in case of emergency from each classroom and the outdoor play area. |
| 2022-05-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Submit a copy of the public school's drinking water test 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 is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center. |
| 2021-06-14 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-06-07 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-05-18 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2021-04-05 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-03-03 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-11-05 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-06-08 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-04-29 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-03-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-01-28 | Renewal | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-12-17 | Age Change | No | POPS Inspection |
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