Child Care Center
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IntelliChild Academy of Fort Lee
Fort Lee, NJ
· Bergen County
1576 Palisade Avenue,
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Quick Facts
Capacity
54 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
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Contact Information
📞 (201) 942-6415
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
160200109
License Issued
Jul 24, 2025
Active Through
Jul 24, 2028
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
IntelliChild Academy of Fort Lee is a Child Care Center in Fort Lee NJ, with a maximum capacity of 54 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-23 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-07-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-05-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-14 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-10 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-06 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-03-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-27 | Increase | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-04 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-02 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-02 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-10-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-07-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-05-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-04 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-04 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(a)(2) | Ensure that the staff utilize age and developmentally appropriate methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center, wherein two staff members were observed putting their hands on the children's arms to pull the children and guide them. - The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be consistent with the age and developmental needs of the children. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) | Provide training to all staff on implementing the center's discipline policy. Submit training information with staff signatures to the OOL. - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-2.1(b) | Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents. - A person applying for an initial license or renewal license to operate a center or relocation of a center shall submit a completed application to the Office of Licensing at least 45 days prior to the anticipated opening of the center or to the expiration of its existing regular license. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) | Retrain all staff on the center's policy of hand washing and sanitation. Submit training information with staff signatures to the OOL. - Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) | Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center, wherein staff in Room 2 reported that 11 children were in attendance, when only 8 children were present. - The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a)(2) | Retrain center staff on the center's policies and procedures for tracking children to ensure that they are aware of the number of children in their care at all times. Submit training information with staff signatures to OOL. - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(iii) | Ensure that children and staff wash their hands immediately after coming into contact with nasal secretions or other bodily secretions. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. |
| 2022-05-04 | 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that one named staff complete a CHRI background check as required - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(c) | Ensure all staff receive ongoing annual staff training. Submit updated training logs to the OOL. - The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. |
| 2022-05-04 | 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that Epi-pen for one named child is accompanied by a special care plan. - 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). |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-3.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff an updated copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff and families 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | 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. - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-133 | Ensure a control switch for the boiler or furnace is maintained at the top of the stairs leading to the basement. NOTE: Building is equipped with boiler switch on basement ceiling at bottom of the stairs. - Remove excess storage and/or combustibles from the furnace room. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(9) | Repair inoperable sink. - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair in the bathroom. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: floors, carpeting, walls, window coverings, ceilings, and other surfaces shall be kept clean and in good repair. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(17) | Ensure that cubbies and shelving are secured to a stable surface throughout center. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all televisions and computers shall be secured on a stable surface and shelving shall be secured and not be overloaded. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(18) | Ensure that all microwaves are secured to a stable surface. - 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. |
| 2022-05-04 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(h)(2) | Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required at renewal. - Lead paint precautions are as follows: the center shall comply with the lead paint inspection requirements specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(h)3, unless the center |
| 2022-02-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-02-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-01-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-12-30 | Increase | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-12-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-10-07 | New Sponsor | No | Center Inspection |
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