Child Care Center
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Right at School at Van Derveer School
Somerville, NJ
· Somerset County
51 Union Ave,
Somerville, NJ 08876
Quick Facts
Capacity
180 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
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Contact Information
📞 (708) 979-1921
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
170600235
License Issued
Jun 16, 2026
Active Through
Jun 16, 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
Right at School at Van Derveer School is a Child Care Center in Somerville NJ, with a maximum capacity of 180 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 02:45 PM - 06:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday02:45 PM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday02:45 PM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday02:45 PM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday02:45 PM - 06:00 PM
- Friday02:45 PM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-07-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-06-11 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-02-24 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-09-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-05-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-12 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-05-30 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2024-05-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2024-03-19 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-11-30 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-10-18 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-09-06 | New Space | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-05-31 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-05-17 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-05-11 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2023-03-15 | Renewal | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-03-15 | Renewal | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2023-03-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(2) | Ensure that the center develops and maintains 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. |
| 2023-03-15 | 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. |
| 2023-03-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that 4 staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for those staff who hold a CHRI prior to 1/1/2021. - 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. |
| 2023-03-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(b) | Ensure that 7 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). |
| 2023-03-15 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(e) | Ensure that the director designee completes the training, "Understanding Licensing Regulations" provided by OOL for the Afternoon Program. - Directors shall complete staff development in understanding licensing regulations as provided by the Office of Licensing within 90 days of hire. Such staff development may be included in the required 20 hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(d). |
| 2023-03-15 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan, and that two are present when required. a student needs a current special care plan for the required benedryl. - The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1). |
| 2023-03-15 | 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 for the PM Program. - 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. |
| 2023-03-15 | 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 |
| 2023-03-15 | 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 for the Morning Program. - 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. |
| 2023-03-15 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Submit a copy of the public school's drinking water test results every 5 years. The water test results are dated for 05/23/2016. - 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. |
| 2022-12-08 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-11-09 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-11-09 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-11-02 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-09-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-09-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-09-23 | 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. There are 4 staff who need a CHRI clearance. - 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. |
| 2022-08-10 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-07-13 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-06-29 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2022-06-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-06-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-06-07 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-06-07 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2022-06-07 | Violation | 3A:52-2.3(d)(3)(i) | Ensure that the center adheres to all requirements to prevent co-mingling in multi-use buildings, including operating in a separate section of the building.Thee were 3 girls who entered the multipurpose room when the program was operating who belonged to another program; Girls on the Run. - The requirements for co-location of a center within a multi-use building are as follows, during operating hours, the Office of Licensing may require the center to operate in a separate room, floor, or section of the building. |
| 2022-06-07 | Violation | 3A:52-7.9(a)(1)(i) | Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components, including the child's name. The program did not have an illness log. - 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 the child's name. |
| 2022-06-07 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. The program could not locate the staff records checklist. - 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). |
| 2022-06-07 | 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. - 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. |
| 2022-06-07 | 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). |
| 2022-06-07 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) | Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. - 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. |
| 2022-06-07 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(e) | Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL within 90 days of hire. - Directors shall complete staff development in understanding licensing regulations as provided by the Office of Licensing within 90 days of hire. Such staff development may be included in the required 20 hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(d). |
| 2022-06-07 | 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. The program had 1 staff certified in 1st Aid/CPR. - 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. |
| 2022-06-07 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required. The child who required the epi pen was in the multipurpose room and the epi pen was in the 1st aid bag on the playground. - The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1). |
| 2022-06-07 | 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 posted liability insurance expired on 3/23/21. - 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. |
| 2021-03-26 | Renewal | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2020-01-24 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2019-12-12 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2019-11-20 | Monitoring | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-10-07 | Monitoring | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-09-23 | Monitoring | No | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-08-02 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2019-05-30 | Yes | POPS Inspection | |
| 2019-05-28 | Phone Call | Yes | POPS Inspection |
| 2019-05-06 | Complaint | No | POPS Inspection |
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