Child Care Center
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KCE Champions LLC at Brookside
Westwood, NJ
· Bergen County
20 Lake Drive,
Westwood, NJ 07675
Quick Facts
Capacity
80 children
Age Range
6 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
180500113
License Issued
Mar 12, 2025
Active Through
Mar 12, 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
KCE Champions LLC at Brookside is a Child Care Center in Westwood NJ, with a maximum capacity of 80 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 12:45 PM - 07:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday12:45 PM - 07:00 PM
- Tuesday12:45 PM - 07:00 PM
- Wednesday12:45 PM - 07:00 PM
- Thursday12:45 PM - 07:00 PM
- Friday12:45 PM - 07:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-08-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-07-15 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-06-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-05-16 | Monitoring,Life Safety Modification | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-03-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-30 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-12-27 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-11-21 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-10-17 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-09-12 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-05-31 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2024-04-23 | Renewal | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2024-03-01 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-02-26 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-02-23 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-01-22 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-12-11 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-11-09 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-11-08 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-10-03 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-03-31 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-03-30 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-02-27 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-01-25 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-12-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-12-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-12-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-10-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-09-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-09-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-09-13 | Violation | 3A:52-2.3(d)(3)(i) | Ensure that the center adheres to all requirements to prevent co-mingling in multi-use buildings, including operating in a separate section of the building. Ensure that the aftercare program does not co-mingle with other programs in the gym. At the time of the inspection, a school sponsored running group was also in the gym with aftercare. - The requirements for co-location of a center within a multi-use building are as follows, during operating hours, the Office of Licensing may require the center to operate in a separate room, floor, or section of the building. |
| 2022-07-22 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-07-22 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(r) | Based on complaint number 20975, ensure that all medication is kept out of reach of the children. This violation is abated because at the time of the inspection all medication was out of reach of 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(1) | Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours. The director is also acting as the program supervisor and needs to ensure that they are present at least 75% of each day. - The director shall be scheduled to work at the center at least 50 percent of the center’s daily operating hours. |
| 2022-07-22 | 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 staff at the center were unaware of who the director designee is. - 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Submit the completed staff records checklist to the OOL. Ensure that the sponsor rep is listed on the checklist. - 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). |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Provide CARI background check clearances for all of the summer and future school year staff. - 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | 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. Provide CHRI background clearances for all of the summer staff and future school year staff. 12/22/22: Missing CHRI for 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.1(d)(1) | Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including the staff's CARI and CHRI background checks. - The staff records specified in 3A:52-4.1(a) through (c) shall be maintained on file as follows: the Staff Records Checklist for the current director and all staff members currently working at the center shall be maintained on file at the center. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Provide educational documentation. - 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(d)(1) | Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Provide educational documentation. - 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually. Orientation logs were not available at the time of the inspection. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(e) | Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training 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). |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(c) | Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually. Training logs were not available at the time of the inspection. - The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(d)(1) | Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually. Training logs were not available at the time of the inspection. - In lieu of the child care staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(b), the director, head teacher(s), group teacher(s), and program supervisor(s) shall each complete 20 hours of staff development each year. Recommended topics of training for these staff include educational and physical activity. |
| 2022-07-22 | 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | 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 staff attendance did not indicate the time that the staff signed out. - 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(7)(v) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains a medication log that includes the date and time medication was administered and the name of the staff who administered it. - 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 the date and time medication or a health care procedure was administered to a child and the name or initials of the staff member who administered it. |
| 2022-07-22 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that all prescription medication is brought to the center in the original container / box with the prescription information on it. - 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). |
| 2022-07-22 | 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | 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, including one fire drill annually that is conducted during nap time. - 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. |
| 2022-07-22 | 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. |
| 2022-06-13 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-06-10 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-05-10 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-04-04 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-03-10 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-03-01 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-01-26 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-12-22 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-11-17 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-10-13 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-09-08 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-08-11 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-07-07 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-06-01 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-05-04 | Renewal | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2021-02-09 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2021-01-26 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-12-23 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-12-22 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-11-19 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-10-14 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-09-09 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-04-14 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2020-04-13 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-03-24 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-03-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-01-29 | Monitoring | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-12-17 | Space Evaluation | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-06-06 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2019-05-16 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2019-05-06 | Initial | No | POPS Inspection |
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