Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Clark KinderCare
Clark, NJ
· Union County
89 Terminal Ave,
Clark, NJ 07066
Quick Facts
Capacity
180 children
Age Range
0 - 13 years
Type of Care
Infant Programs, Toddler Programs, Discovery Preschool Programs, Preschool Programs, Prekindergarten Programs, Private Kindergarten Programs, Summer Programs
Subsidized Program
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Contact Information
📞 (732) 340-1900
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
20KIN0005
License Issued
Oct 25, 2026
Active Through
Oct 25, 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
Our experts designed our classrooms - and every activity and lesson - to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social play and child-initiated discovery.
You’ll also find that our classrooms feature a print-rich environment full of carefully selected materials, written charts and labels, and children’s literature. By helping your child connect spoken words and print, we’re helping develop early literacy and writing skills.
Whether your child has first words or first grade on the horizon, we’re excited to show you how everything in our center is designed for learning!
Marilyn Marchese, Center Director
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Tuesday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Wednesday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Thursday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Friday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-08-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-13 | Complaint,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-15 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-05-15 | Renewal,Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-18 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-11-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-10-08 | Complaint,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-08-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-08-21 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-20 | Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-17 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-09-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-07-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-05-02 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-10-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-09-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-22 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-22 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-22 | 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. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance signed by sponsor representative. - 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. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(ii) | Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan maintained on file in room 1. - 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 |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-7.9(a)(1) | Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(ii) | Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet. Room 2. - 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 using the toilet or having diapers changed. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff and the sponsor representative 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. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(3) | Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. One additional. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the group teacher shall meet the requirements for experience and education |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(g)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually and that documentation or a copy of all materials used are maintained on file at the center. - The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by the center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff development materials used. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(c) | Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually. - The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(d)(1) | Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually. - 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. |
| 2023-05-22 | 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. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) | Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. - The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) | Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children. Cleaning supplies were made inaccessible to children in rooms 2, 9,11, and 12. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under pressure in an aerosol spray can, and any toxic substance shall be stored in a locked cabinet or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to the children. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair in rooms 4 and 6. 7/7/23 Room 4. - 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. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.4(a)(3) | Provide screens in good condition on all windows used for ventilation in room 12. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, crawl spaces, attic spaces, and all doors and windows used for natural ventilation shall be provided with insect screening. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(1) | Repair/paint the lower part of the handrails leading to all of the playgrounds outside along the ramps where they are rusted. - Outdoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the building, land, walkways, and outdoor play area shall be free from hazards to the health, safety or well-being of the children. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(15) | Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean condition throughout the center. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ventilation outlets shall be clean and free from obstructions, and filters shall be replaced when saturated. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(k)(6) | Ensure that the center's social media policy includes guidelines for parents and all required components and maintain receipt of policy on file from staff and parents. - The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the use of social media including, but not limited to the guidelines for parents, including but not limited to, prohibiting the posting of photographs or videos of any child other than their own. |
| 2023-05-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Maintain receipt of all required policies on file for staff. - 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). |
| 2023-05-22 | 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 wherein there were 19 children in room 4 which is licensed for 16. - Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center allow more children in attendance than the licensed room capacity. |
| 2023-04-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-03-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-10-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-01 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-01 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) | Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. - 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. |
| 2022-09-01 | 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. - 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. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including training on supervising and tracking children. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(7)(i) | Maintain the resilient surfacing and use zones under all play equipment as required. - 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. centers that take children to a community playground shall ensure that the playground surfacing and all other elements comply with the Playground Safety Subcode before being used by the children. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(1) | Repair and/or replace the broken wooden slats on the tunnel structure on the playground. - Outdoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the building, land, walkways, and outdoor play area shall be free from hazards to the health, safety or well-being of the children. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(9) | Ensure that the bathroom in room 10 is not used for storage. - 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. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(7) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains an up to date medication/allergy log. - 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 |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(7)(iv) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains a medication log that includes the instructions for administration, including dosage and frequency. - 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 instructions for administration, including the dosage and frequency. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that all required medication is at the center. At the time of the inspection the center was missing a required medication for a known child based on a signed care plan from a physician. - 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). |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(iv)(1) | Ensure that soiled disposable diapers are placed in a closed container that has a leak proof lining. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, soiled diapers shall be disposed of as follows, soiled disposable diapers shall be placed in a closed container that is lined with a leakproof or impervious lining. Such diapers shall be removed from the center daily and placed in a closed garbage receptacle outside the building. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(5)(ii) | Ensure that garbage receptacles are maintained as required, including being covered securely. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: garbage receptacles shall be covered in a secure manner. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(p) | Ensure that the top of cots are not used for storage in room 9. - Play equipment, materials, and furniture for indoor and outdoor use shall be of sturdy and safe construction, non-toxic, free of hazards, and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. The center may not use play equipment intended for outdoor use indoors. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all flooring in the bathrooms kept clean and in good repair throughout the center. - 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. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(15) | Ensure that the ventilation vents are free from dust throughout the center. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ventilation outlets shall be clean and free from obstructions, and filters shall be replaced when saturated. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-6.2(a)(1) | The center shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including: but not limited to , language, science and mathematics: manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each activity chosen by the center. Refers to room 10. - The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are sufficient to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program. |
| 2022-09-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.4(a)(5)(iii) | Ensure that the handwashing sink in room 3 is clear of toys. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, toilet and sink facility requirements are as follows: for each classroom used by children under 2 1/2 years of age, a minimum of one sink shall be located in the classroom for newly-constructed centers and expansions. |
| 2022-09-01 | 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. |
| 2021-09-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-08-30 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-07-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-06-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-04-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-04-22 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-02 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-12-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-11-08 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-10-23 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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