Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Manchester HeadStart
Manchester, NJ
· Ocean County
2950 Wilbur Ave,
Manchester, NJ 08759
Quick Facts
Capacity
15 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
1
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Contact Information
📞 (732) 657-8076
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
15MAN0001
License Issued
Aug 27, 2026
Active Through
Aug 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
Manchester HeadStart is a Child Care Center in Manchester NJ, with a maximum capacity of 15 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 07:45 AM - 03:45 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:45 AM - 03:45 PM
- Tuesday07:45 AM - 03:45 PM
- Wednesday07:45 AM - 03:45 PM
- Thursday07:45 AM - 03:45 PM
- Friday07:45 AM - 03:45 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-01 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-02-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-01-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-11-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-10-14 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-28 | Life Safety Modification | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-04-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-02-28 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-01-18 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-11-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-09-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-06-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-06 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-06 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(15) | Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition. Clean the ceiling vent in the room 3 classroom bathroom. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ventilation outlets shall be clean and free from obstructions, and filters shall be replaced when saturated. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(d)(1) | Provide documentation of credential staff annual development hours. 20 hours need to be completed 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(a)(4) | Ensure adequate procedures are adhered to for children 4 years of age and older, that are not required to nap, to include continued programing during rest time hours. Children 4 and 5 years of age in room 3 are being required to nap. - For early childhood programs, the center shall provide opportunities for daily rest and sleep as follows: for children over the age of 18 months and under the age of four years, the center shall provide |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1) | Ensure that the center has written emergency plans in a readily accessible location that includes evacuation, disaster and lockdown procedures. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(iii) | Ensure that the center's evacuation procedures include an alternate indoor location that operates during the same operating hours as the center. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating an alternate indoor location that operates during the same operating hours as the center. The center shall |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(i) | Provide documentation of staff's daily hours with time in an out of the center. - 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(7) | Ensure the monkey bars in the outdoor play area are free of rust. - 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) | Ensure that the center has a table of organization which includes current site staff names, 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | 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. Staff policy sign offs are needed. - 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-6.5(b) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff the center's policy on the release of children and will maintain on file signatures from all parents and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. Staff policy sign offs needed. - The center shall distribute a copy of the release policy to the parent of each enrolled child and each staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s and staff member’s signature attesting to receipt of the policy. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(l) | Develop and distribute to all families and staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all families and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. Staff policy sign offs are needed. - The center shall distribute a copy of the social media policy to the parent of each enrolled child and to each staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature and each staff member’s signature attesting to the receipt of the policy. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(f) | Ensure that the staff signatures attesting to the receipt of the center's discipline policy are maintained on file. Staff sign offs showing receipt of the policy are needed. - The center shall secure and maintain on file each staff member's signature, attesting to receipt of the policy on the disciplining of children by staff members. |
| 2023-04-06 | 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. There are 2 missing renewal CARI clearances. - 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. |
| 2023-04-06 | 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. There is 1 missing renewal CHRI. - 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. |
| 2023-02-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-12-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-09-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-08-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-03-17 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-17 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-17 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually. Provide documentation of all staff's orientation training. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-03-17 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check. 2 missing checks. - 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete a CHRI background check as required. 2 missing CHRI clearances. - 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(b)(1) | Provide credential paperwork for a director. - 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) | Provide credentials for 1 head teacher or 1 group teacher. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for all centers, the head teacher or consulting head teacher shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the seven options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c) for education and experience. |
| 2022-03-17 | 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | 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. |
| 2022-03-17 | 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. |
| 2021-08-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-07-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-06-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-04-16 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-02-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-02-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-12-31 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-11-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-10-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-10-18 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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