Child Care Center
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Kol Chaverim Preschool
Fair Lawn, NJ
· Bergen County
8 - 12 Saddle River Road,
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Quick Facts
Capacity
87 children
Age Range
0 - 6 years
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Contact Information
📞 (917) 750-7679
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
02TEL0002
License Issued
Jul 27, 2026
Active Through
Jul 27, 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
We provide exceptional love and care while maintaining high standards for quality education. We pride ourselves on providing a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment for our students. We offer differentiated learning opportunities and appeal to all the learning modalities to ensure your child’s growth and success.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
- Open Hours7:00 a.m – 6:30 p.m.
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-09-03 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-21 | Monitoring,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-14 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-30 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-30 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all surfaces are kept clean and in good repair. Baby gates in two of the first floor classrooms are broken. Replace or remove. - 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. |
| 2023-01-17 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-17 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-17 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(ii) | Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed. - 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. |
| 2023-01-17 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4) | Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water. On the day of the inspection a staff person in the infant did not remove her dirty glove used during diapering into the dirty diaper, and it remained on as the child was brought back into the environment. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately |
| 2023-01-17 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) | Ensure that staff complete retraining on proper and correct diapering changing procedures. Submit retraining document with staff signatures to 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. |
| 2022-11-16 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-09-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) | Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(i) | Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. Infant observed in her pack and play with a device attached to her pacifier. Violation abated because center removed the pacifier and attachment. - Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.6(a) | Provide an adequate amount of light in the classroom during naptime. Room in the basement did not have enough light in the room to see the children while they were napping. The room was observed again and the lighting had been reduced again. Ensure there is enough light in the room for staff to be able to see the children at all times. - At least five foot-candles of natural or artificial light shall be provided in all rooms used by children during naptime. The illumination shall be measured three feet above the floor at the farthest point from the light source. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(r) | Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. on the day of the inspection observation indicated that an infant was placed to sleep in a pack and play that was labeled with the correct child's name along with their bedding, but a different child was placed in the pack and play to sleep. Ensure children are correctly placed in their identified sleeping equipment. - 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. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(a)(3) | Cease swaddling infants. On the day of the inspection an infant was observed in a swaddler sleep sack. Staff were not aware that infant are never to be swaddled while in care. Infant was removed from the sleep sack at the time of the inspection, but staff must be retrained to ensure that no other infant is swaddled again and parents must be corrected in sending swaddling sleep apparel to the center. Submit documentation which demonstrates that staff and parents are aware that swaddling is not allowed at the center. - For early childhood programs, the center shall provide opportunities for daily rest and sleep as follows: swaddling of children during rest and sleep is prohibited. |
| 2022-09-19 | 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. Dirty diapers observed in a garbage can with no cover. - 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. |
| 2022-09-19 | 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. On the day of the inspection the director designee had no idea how to contact the central monitoring center when the center's fire panel was silenced and in trouble. Ensure director designees are completely trained to handle situations in the absence of the director and the sponsor. - 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. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff are retrained on supervising. Submit retraining document with staff signatures. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) | Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times. On the day of the inspection the center's fire panel was in trouble and alarm silenced. Contact with the central monitoring company indicated that the monitoring company is receiving signal. Ensure panel is addressed. - The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(m)(2) | Ensure that all cribs, cots and sleeping equipment are arranged to provide access to a three foot wide aisle that leads to an exit. On the day of the inspection 3 of the 6 classrooms in the building were blocking egresses with the placement of the children's cots. Ensure staff are retrained on cot placement and how to recognize that egresses are being blocked. Additionally, that cots are placed in a manner in which staff can safely reach a child in case of emergency without falling. Staff were observed trying to walk in between cots that were extremely close together. Submit retraining document with staff signatures to OOL. - Supplemental evacuation requirements are as follows: cribs, beds, playpens, and cots used for rest or sleep shall be arranged so as to provide access to a three-foot-wide aisle that leads to an unobstructed exit. |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(5) | Ensure that all staff are retrained in reporting issues with the fire alarms. Submit retraining document with staff signatures. - Topics of orientation training shall include evacuating the center and using the fire alarms, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l). |
| 2022-09-19 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(d) | Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during nap and rest time. On the day of the inspection there were 14 3 year olds with one staff person during nap. The class required another person to meet ratios as most of the children were awake and walking around the classroom. Abated at the time of the inspection as a staff person was sent to meet ratios. - The following staff/child ratios shall apply during rest or sleep, when the criteria listed in 3A:52-4.3(d) 1, 2, and 3 are met:Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:1018 months to under 2 ½ years - 1:122 ½ years and above - 1:20 |
| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) | Ensure that crib sheets are tight fitting when occupied by a sleeping child. - The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(g)(2) | Ensure that each child's bedding is stored separately. On the day of the inspection linens were observed being stored together on top of cots in several rooms. - When sheets, blankets and other coverings are not stored with sleeping equipment, each of these items shall be stored separately for each child. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center maintains complete 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). |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(ii)(3) | Ensure that diapering surfaces are clean. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, diapering area and surface requirements are as follows, the diapering surface shall be flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent, and in good repair. |
| 2022-07-25 | 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. All clearances prior to 1/1/21 will need to be redone. - 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. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Replace stained ceiling tiles in the stairwells. - 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. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(4) | Ensure that all carpeting is securely fastened to the floor. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: carpeting shall be securely fastened to the floor. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(15) | Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition. Ensure vents are rid of dust in the infant rear entrance. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ventilation outlets shall be clean and free from obstructions, and filters shall be replaced when saturated. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(1) | Ensure that all outdoor hazards are removed as required. Ensure the straps used to secure the outdoor fence are not tripping hazards. - 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. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. Ensure all required documents are submitted and uploaded to NJCCIS. - 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. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(a)(4) | Ensure that food provided by the center is stored, prepared and served in a sanitary manner. Ensure that the refrigerators that are used to store lunches are kept closed at all times. On the day of the inspection the refrigerator door was left open with lunch inside. - All centers shall comply with the following requirements, if the center provides food, the center shall ensure that the food is stored, prepared, and served in a sanitary manner. |
| 2022-07-25 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) | Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. On the day of the inspection a staff person was not aware of how many students were in her care without counting when asked. - 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. |
| 2022-06-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-04-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-18 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(3) | Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Submit education and experience for centers group teacher. Current approved group teacher is no longer with the center. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the group teacher shall meet the requirements for experience and education |
| 2022-02-18 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all surfaces are kept clean and in good repair. Ensure small table in room 2 is fixed, it is currently unstable. - 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. |
| 2021-11-19 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2021-01-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-06-03 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-04-27 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-03-24 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-01-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-11-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-09-26 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-17 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-02 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
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