Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Play, Learn and Grow Daycare LLC
Newark, NJ
· Essex County
202-204 Clinton Avenue,
Newark, NJ 07108
Quick Facts
Capacity
88 children
Age Range
0 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
170900041
License Issued
Sep 22, 2026
Active Through
Sep 22, 2029
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
Reviews
Deandre Williams
2019-03-30 12:45:58
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
They abuse children and don’t feed them. The owner is a disgusting women that earned a spot in a jail cell. Look at the reviews on google and that should tell you enough!! Here’s the petition to get them closed down https://www.change.org/p/state-of-new-jersey-department-of-children-and-families-office-of-licensing-shut-down-play-learn-grow-daycare-in-newark-nj-asap
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About the Provider
Play, Learn and Grow Daycare LLC is a Child Care Center in Newark NJ, with a maximum capacity of 88 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:00 AM - 06:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-29 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-05-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-18 | New Sponsor,Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-01-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-12-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-04 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-11-12 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-09-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-08-12 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-01 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-05-14 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-07 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-03-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-29 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-11-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-09-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-27 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-07 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-08 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-05-15 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-29 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-03-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-02-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-01-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-12-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-19 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-08-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-07-10 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-23 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-23 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure electrical cords are secured in room 2B. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(4) | Ensure that the arear rug by exit door by room 5 securely fastened to the floor. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: carpeting shall be securely fastened to the floor. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.1(g)(3) | Ensure that classrooms that care for children over 18 months of age provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment in room 5. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: centers serving children 18 months of age and older shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including, but not limited to, language; science and mathematics; manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities; and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each daily activity chosen by the center. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.2(a)(1) | Ensure that the center has an adequate supply of materials to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program in room 5. - The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are sufficient to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.7(d) | Ensure that staff do not withhold emotional responses or stimulation. At the time of the inspection a named child was strapped in a highchair/ feeding chair during a group activity in room 2A. - Staff members shall not withhold from children food, emotional responses, stimulation, or the opportunities for rest or sleep. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(r) | Repair or replace the broken bricks on the front entrance steps to ensure the safety of the children entering the building. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(i) | Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in room 2B. At the time of the inspection staff took immediate corrective action. - Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. |
| 2023-05-23 | 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(1) | Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours. - The director shall be scheduled to work at the center at least 50 percent of the center’s daily operating hours. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center maintain on file a record of a criminal disclosure statement for all 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). |
| 2023-05-23 | 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(f)(1) | Provide orientation training to all regular staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training. - The staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) through (d) shall be clock hours of staff development. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the child's name, address, birth date and date of enrollment. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(2) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the name, home and work addresses, home and work telephone numbers and the signature of the parent. - 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 name(s), home and work address(es), home and work telephone number(s) and signature(s) of the parent(s). |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(3) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the names, addresses and contact information for any authorized individuals allowed to visit and/or take the child from the center. - 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 name(s), address(es), and telephone number(s) of any person(s) authorized by the parent(s) to visit the child at the center and/or take the child from the center, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.5(a)1. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(4) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the name, address and telephone number of the child's health care provider. - 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 name, address, and telephone number of the child's health care provider. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(5) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including signed authorization from the parent for emergency medical treatment. - 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 signed authorization from the parent(s) for emergency medical treatment. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(6) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the parent's signature attesting to the receipt of the Information to Parents document. - 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 parent’s signature attesting to the receipt of the Information to Parents document, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-3.6(b). |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(7)(i) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including a record of the child's health examination and immunizations for early childhood programs. - 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 health information for each child, as follows: for early childhood programs, a record of the child’s health examination and immunizations, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.3(a). |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(f) | Ensure that all the staff signatures attesting to the receipt of the center's discipline policy are maintained on file. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-3.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all staff a copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.5(b) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all staff the center's policy on the release of children and will maintain on file signatures from all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(l) | Develop and distribute to all staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(c) | Provide a current health certificate as required. - If the center prepares meals, the center shall obtain a satisfactory Sanitary Inspection Certificate, as specified in N.J.A.C. 8:24, indicating that the kitchen is in compliance with the applicable requirements of the State Sanitary Code. The center shall maintain on file the Sanitary Inspection Certificate. |
| 2023-05-23 | 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(iii) | Update 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 |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(9) | Ensure that wash basins are maintained in sanitary condition. Re-caulk wash basins in 2B. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(15) | Clean mechanical vents throughout the center. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ventilation outlets shall be clean and free from obstructions, and filters shall be replaced when saturated. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(16)(i) | Repair and/or paint the walls and other surfaces as required in room 1A. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: walls shall be painted or otherwise covered whenever there is evidence of excessive peeling or chipped paint. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(b)(1) | Remove debris and overgrown vegetation from 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | Violation | 3A:52-2.1(b) | Submit Renewal Application fee. - 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. |
| 2023-05-23 | 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. |
| 2023-04-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-03-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-02-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-09 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-11-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-09-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-08-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-08-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-08-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-13 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-13 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Submit to the OOL the center’s current staff records checklist. Ensure that orientation training dates recorded have been conducted within the preceding 12 months for each staff member. - 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). |
| 2022-06-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) | Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 1 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. |
| 2022-06-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that 1 staff complete a CHRI background check as required. - 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. |
| 2022-06-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) | Hire and submit required documentation for a head 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. |
| 2022-06-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(3) | Hire and submit required documentation for a group teacher. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the group teacher shall meet the requirements for experience and education |
| 2022-06-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(f)(1) | Provide orientation training to 1 newly hired staff within two weeks and 4 regular staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training. 6/20/2022 Provide orientation training to 1 regular staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training - The staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) through (d) shall be clock hours of staff development. |
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