Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Luv N Joy Day Care
Woodbury, NJ
· Gloucester County
546 Green Street,
Woodbury, NJ 08096
Quick Facts
Capacity
23 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
08LUV0001
License Issued
Nov 9, 2025
Active Through
Nov 9, 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
Luv N Joy Day Care is a Child Care Center in Woodbury NJ, with a maximum capacity of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-08-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-06-12 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-03-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-01-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-11-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-10-28 | Phone Call,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-09-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-09-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-19 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-17 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-02 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-03 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-28 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-05-22 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-03-06 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-12-19 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-08-28 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-25 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-15 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-02-24 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-18 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-10-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-12 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-12 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(i) | Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. - Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.1(e) | Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking. - The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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 |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(1) | Maintain on file accident reports as required. - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: the name of the injured child. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(2) | Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. - 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 job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(h)(3)(ii) | Ensure that the center provides parent/staff conferences semi-annually and upon request. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, the center shall provide for the direct involvement of parents of enrolled children in the center's operation and activities by holding individual parent/staff conferences semi-annually and upon request of the parent or staff member(s) to discuss the child’s needs and progress. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(h)(1) | Ensure that the center provides opportunities for the parents to participate in the center's activities and operations. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, the center shall adopt at least one of the following options to ensure the participation of the parents of enrolled children in the activities and operations of the center: |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file 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). |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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 for the center's license renewal. - 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(b) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training which may be included for six of the required annual training hours. - Orientation training as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) may be included for six of the required hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(c) and (d). |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(e)(7)(iii) | Ensure that the consulting head teacher makes at least two on-site visits to the center per month and that the center maintains a written records of the visits. - For early childhood programs for centers using a consulting head teacher, the center shall maintain on file a written record of |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-7.3(a)(2) | Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for each child not enrolled in a public or private school, upon admission, the center shall maintain on file at the center a Universal Child Health Record (Department of Health Form CH-14) or its equivalent, updated annually, along with an immunization record, and a special care plan, if applicable. A 30-day grace period is permitted in N.J.A.C. 8:57-4.5(e) |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-3.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-7.11(b) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families the center's communicable disease policy and maintains on file the signatures of the parents attesting to their receipt of the policy. - The center shall distribute a copy of the policy on the management of communicable diseases to the parent of each child enrolled and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature attesting to receipt of the policy. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(j)(3) | Develop and maintain on file an expulsion policy and maintain on file signatures from all families attesting to the receipt of the policy. - The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the expulsion of children from enrollment at the center. The center shall distribute a copy of the expulsion policy to the parent of each enrolled child and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature attesting to receipt of the policy. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-2.4(a)(13) | Post a sign in a prominent location prohibiting smoking during the center's operating hours. - The Office of Licensing may deny an application or suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety Approval for good cause, including failure to comply with the provisions of P.L. 1998, c. 35, which prohibit smoking in child care centers, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.7(d). |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) | Provide a current fire certificate as required. - 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-133 | Remove any excess storage and/or combustibles from the furnace room. - Remove excess storage and/or combustibles from the furnace room. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.6(d)(2)(ii) | Identify the bathroom that is for staff/adult use and provide a label. - Toilet facility requirements are as follows: for existing centers that have an additional toilet facility that has not been counted in determining the maximum number of children who can be served per session and for centers to be located in newly constructed buildings, the center shall ensure that this designated toilet facility is identified by a sign located on the exterior of its door, indicating that this toilet facility is for the exclusive use of staff members and other adults. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all surfaces in the bathrooms are kept clean and in good repair. - 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(c)(1) | Ensure that the fluorescent tubes in the kitchen have protective coverings. - Lighting requirements are as follows: all fluorescent tubes and incandescent light bulbs shall have protective covers or shields. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(1) | Remove overgrown vegetation from above the climber on the outdoor play area. - 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(16) | Repair and/or paint the handrails and guardrails leading to the outdoor play area. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: walls shall be painted or otherwise covered whenever there is evidence of |
| 2022-09-12 | Violation | 3A:52-2.1(b) | Complete and submit a DCF Renewal and Renewal Attestation on NJCCIS. - 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. |
| 2022-09-12 | 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. - 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. |
| 2022-03-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-02-28 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-01-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-12-21 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-08-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-06-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-05-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-04-07 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-03-03 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-11-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
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