Child Care Center
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Millicent Fenwick Day Care Center
Basking Ridge, NJ
· Somerset County
140 Mount Airy Road,
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Quick Facts
Capacity
125 children
Age Range
0 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Contact Information
📞 (908) 766-7898
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
18MIL0001
License Issued
Sep 14, 2026
Active Through
Sep 14, 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
Millicent Fenwick Day Care Center is a Child Care Center in Basking Ridge NJ, with a maximum capacity of 125 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-08-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-07-30 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-07-08 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-09 | Life Safety Modification,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-05-13 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-21 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-30 | Renewal,Life Safety Modification | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-02-27 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-20 | Agency Meeting,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-05 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-12-01 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-10-07 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-27 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-18 | Monitoring,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-14 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-05 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-22 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-21 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-04 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-13 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-24 | Email,Email | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-04 | Re-Inspection,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-21 | Monitoring,Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-08-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-02 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-05-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-04-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-02-27 | Technical Assistance Visit | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-11-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-09-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-08-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-06-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-06-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-05-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-31 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-31 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(a)(4) | Ensure that food is stored, prepared and served in a sanitary manner in classroom DC 4. - 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Provide all staff files. - 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). |
| 2023-03-31 | 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | 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.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. |
| 2023-03-31 | 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). |
| 2023-03-31 | 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(d)(2) | 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 special needs programming and program development. |
| 2023-03-31 | 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(f)(2) | Ensure that all bathroom equipment is fastened securely. Repair the back of the classroom sink in room D1. - Toilet facility requirements are as follows: mirrors, dispensers, and other equipment shall be fastened securely. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all flooring and carpeting are kept clean and in good repair in classroom D3. - 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(4) | Ensure that all carpeting is securely fastened to the floor. Replace the cracked floor tiles by the side exit in classroom D3. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: carpeting shall be securely fastened to the floor. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(16) | Repair and/or paint the walls and other surfaces as required in the indoor gym. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: walls shall be painted or otherwise covered whenever there is evidence of |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(5) | Ensure that garbage receptacles are maintained as required. Prover a cover for the trash can in the Teen Center. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: garbage receptacles shall be |
| 2023-03-31 | 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. |
| 2023-03-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(iii) | Submit current documentation from the DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) for centers not served by a public community water system and post the results. - 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 or site is not provided a potable water supply by a public community water system, the applicant shall provide potable water sampling results demonstrating compliance with maximum contaminant levels for all contaminants required to be tested pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:10-5 for public non-transient, non-community (NTNC) water systems, including radiological contaminants, regardless of whether they meet the definition of NTNC systems as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:10-1.3. This sampling shall have been conducted within three years of the date of application submission, except nitrates and coliform, for which the sampling shall have been conducted within 90 days of submitting the application. |
| 2022-11-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-30 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-30 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-09-30 | 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. |
| 2022-09-30 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair. Repair or replace the floor tiles in the hallway bathroom. - 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. |
| 2022-08-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-08-03 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-08-03 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-08-03 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) | Ensure that the staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. - The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. |
| 2022-08-03 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Provide the termination documentation for the named 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). |
| 2022-08-03 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) | Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 1 named 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. |
| 2022-08-03 | 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.Ensure that 6 staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center. - 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. |
| 2022-08-03 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(e)(1) | Provide a discipline policy that includes the acceptable actions staff members may take when disciplining a child. - The center shall maintain on file a written policy on the disciplining of children by staff members. The policy shall reflect the provisions specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6(a) through (c) and include the acceptable actions that a staff member may take when disciplining a child (that is, discussion with the child, time-out, etc.). |
| 2020-12-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-11-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-05-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-04-13 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-03-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-02-04 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2019-10-07 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-05-24 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-05-06 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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