Child Care Center
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LGJ Innovations D.B.A Lightbridge Academy
Shrewsbury, NJ
· Monmouth County
445 Shrewsbury Avenue,
Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
Quick Facts
Capacity
169 children
Age range (listing information)
0 - 13 years
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Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Contact Information
📞 (732) 796-8730
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
180600143
License Issued
Apr 28, 2025
Active Through
Apr 28, 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
LGJ Innovations D.B.A Lightbridge Academy is a Child Care Center in Shrewsbury NJ, with a maximum capacity of 169 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 0 - 13 years; please confirm current ages with the provider. It is open Monday - Friday, 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-30 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-29 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-12-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-11-03 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-27 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-04-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-04-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-04-22 | Monitoring,Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-01-27 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-03 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-07-18 | Complaint,Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-19 | Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-20 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(n)(2) | Ensure that children are evacuated from the center within three minutes during each fire drill. - Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that all children present are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(r) | Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Ensure required medications, per a child's special care plan, is not expired in room 6. - 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. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) | Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 4. - 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. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure the screens in room 9 are free of holes. - 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. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) | Ensure that sleeping equipment is free of pillows, soft bedding, bumpers and other hazards when occupied by a sleeping child. In room 5, a crib sheet was observed too big and baggy. - 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. |
| 2023-04-13 | 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. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(iii) | Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting or doing a diaper change. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after assisting a child in toileting. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(2) | Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CARI or CHRI background checks are directly supervised by another staff member. - 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. Until the results of the CARI background check for a new staff member have been received from the Department, the center shall ensure oversight of the new staff member by another staff member, and ensure that person is not left alone to supervise a child or group of children. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(v) | Ensure that children wash their hands immediately with soap and running water after coming in from outdoor play. - 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 outdoor play. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.1(b)(7) | Ensure that the use of television, computers, and other video equipment is for educational and instructional use, is age and developmentally appropriate, is not used as a substitute for planned activities, and is not used for passive viewing. In room 6, the smartboard was on and it was not being used. - The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that the use of a television, computers, and other video equipment shall be limited to educational and instructional use, shall be age and developmentally appropriate, and shall not be used as a substitute for planned activities or for passive viewing. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(g)(2) | Ensure that each child's bedding is stored separately. - When sheets, blankets and other coverings are not stored with sleeping equipment, each of these items shall be stored separately for each child. |
| 2023-04-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(9) | Ensure that toilets, wash basins, kitchen sinks and other plumbing are maintained in operating and sanitary condition. Ensure the exposed toilet screw in room 10 is covered with a protective cap. - 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. |
| 2023-03-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-01-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-12-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-10-25 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-10-25 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-10-25 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) | Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including during transitions. - 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. |
| 2022-10-25 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Based on report, retrain the named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-10-25 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(8) | Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center, and, as determined by the Office of Licensing, on a case-by-case basis, the facility operator shall submit to the Office of Licensing a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the Department of Health that indicates that no further remediation is needed for the interior of the building in which the center is located. |
| 2022-06-01 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-04-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-03-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.3/14/22- Center needs to submit 21 Renewal CARIs.4/27/22- Center is missing 2 CARIs. - 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. |
| 2022-02-15 | 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.3/14/22- Center needs to submit 5 CHRIs.4/27/22- Center is missing 2 CHRIs. - 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. |
| 2022-02-15 | 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. |
| 2022-02-15 | 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. |
| 2022-02-15 | 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. |
| 2022-02-15 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) | Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2. |
| 2022-02-15 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) | Ensure that the staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff used unapproved physical contact when a named child refused to stay on her cot during nap time. - The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. |
| 2022-02-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) | Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy. - 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. |
| 2022-02-11 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-11 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2021-03-05 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2019-08-29 | Initial | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-24 | Initial | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-06-20 | Initial | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-05-20 | Initial | No | Center Inspection |
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