Child Care Center
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Ruby's Little Gems Ct
Stamford, CT
· Fairfield County
595 HOPE ST,
Stamford, CT 06907-2709
Quick Facts
Capacity
5 children
Age Range
3 months-5 years
Type of Care
Preschool, School Age, Under 3 Years
Languages
English, Spanish
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
Elevate Level
Member
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Contact Information
📞 (347) 595-9447
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
DCGH.80018
Licensed Since
2020
Active Through
Sep 30, 2028
Issued By
Connecticut Department of Public Health
District Office
Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Division of Licensing
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About the Provider
Ruby's Little Gems Ct is a Child Care Center in STAMFORD CT, with a maximum capacity of 5 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 3 months-5 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:30:00-22:00:00
- Tuesday07:30:00-22:00:00
- Wednesday07:30:00-22:00:00
- Thursday07:30:00-22:00:00
- Friday07:30:00-22:00:00
- Saturday 07:30:00-22:00:00
- Sunday 07:30:00-22:00:00
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Case # | Resolution Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2748791 | Referred to Legal Division |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2026-03-02 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2738123 | Referred to Legal Division |
| Violations: [19a-79-5a(a)(1)(D)(i-iv)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the record shall be available and provided upon request to the Office of Early Childhood, the child's parent(s) and the local health director. It shall include specific written permission forms signed by the parent(s) authorizing the operator to use the programs emergency policies which shall accompany the child on trips away from the premises, authorizing one responsible person other than the parent(s) who can remove the child from the child care center or group child care home, authorizing any activity away from the premises, and authorizing transportation services. - 037- Parent Permissions [19a-79-5a(a)(1)(A)-(C)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the r | |||
| 2026-02-19 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2732513 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-10(h)(1)] - Toys used for infants shall be kept separate, washed and sanitized at least daily. Toys for toddlers, including floor and riding toys, shall be washed and sanitized at least weekly and as needed. Toys and other objects with a diameter of less than one and one-quarter inches, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than one and one-quarter inches, balloons and Styrofoam objects shall not be accessible to children under three years of age unless such objects are part of a designated and directly supervised activity. Plastic bags, not in use, shall be stored out of reach and inaccessible to children under three years of age. Plastic bags, while in use, may be stored within reach of children under three years of age provided access to such bags is only under direct and immediate supervision. - 131- Toys and other objects [19a-79-7a(a)(2)] - The operator shall comply with all local codes and ordinances, including the State of Connecticut Fire Safey Code | |||
| 2025-06-06 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2604174 | Closed No Violations |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2025-05-06 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2587479 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2025-05-02 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2587482 | Corrective Action Plan |
| 2025-04-30 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2584129 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-3a(a)] - The operator of the child care center or group child care home shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and applicable endorsements in such a manner as to ensure the safety, health and development of the children while in the operator's care. - 002-Ensuring the safety & health of children [19a-79-5a(a)(2)(A)-(E)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the record shall be available and provided upon request to the Office of Early Childhood, the child's parent(s) and the local health director. It shall include a health record that shall include date of birth, a signed physical examination form including the child's date of birth, a statement about the child's general health and the presence of any known medical or emotional illness or disorder that would currently pose a risk | |||
| 2025-03-04 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2552492 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2025-02-27 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2552488 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-4a(i)(1-2)(H), (F)] - An education consultant shall be available to the operator and program staff for advice and support regarding the educational content and practice of the program. A person needs to apply for approval to be an education consultant. Program staff shall not serve as education consultants for programs in which they provide direct care or direct program supervision in a non-consultative role; or in a program with the same operator as a program in which they provide direct care or direct program supervision in a non-consultative role. Specific duties of the education consultant shall include, but not be limited to making, at a minimum, annual site visits to the facility, reviewing daily plans, curriculum documents, and educational policies for the developmental and age appropriate practices, observing program staff interactions, use of materials and equipment, implementation of plans and approaches to classroom management; and providing feedback on documentation | |||
| 2024-02-01 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2351208 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-9a(b)(3) and/or 19a-79-9a(b)(4)] - Except for nonprescription topical medications, no medication shall be administered to a child without the written order of an authorized prescriber and the written permission of the child's parent(s) which shall be on file at the facility. Individual written medication administration records for each child shall be written in ink, reviewed prior to administering each dose of medication and kept on file at the facility for at least two (2) years after the child is no longer attending the program. - 102-Oral/Topical/Inhalent/Injectable Medications: Authorized Prescriber/Parent Permission/MAR [19a-79-6a and/or 19a-79-7a] - The building, equipment and services shall be maintained in a good state of repair. A maintenance program shall be established that ensures that the interior, exterior and grounds of the building are maintained, kept clean and orderly, free from accumulations of refuse, dampness, stagnant water, dilapidated structures and othe | |||
| 2023-06-01 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2240053 | Closed No Violations |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2023-03-27 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2210682 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2023-03-22 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2208983 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-5a(a)(1)(D)(i)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the record shall be available and provided upon request to the Office of Early Childhood, the child's parent(s) and the local health director. It shall include specific written permission forms signed by the parent(s) authorizing the operator to use the program's emergency policies which shall accompany the child on trips away from the premises. - 033-Emergency Medical Permission [19a-79-5a(a)(1)(A) through (C)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the record shall be available and provided upon request to the Office of Early Childhood, the child's parent(s) and the local health director. The record shall include enrollment information and permission forms signed | |||
| 2023-03-03 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2200703 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-7a(e)(10)] - Potentially hazardous substances in the child care centers and group child care homes shall be stored in a separate locked area. - 076-Potentially Hazardous Substances Locked [19a-79-7a(e)(5)] - Walls, ceilings, floors and rugs shall be maintained in a state of good repair and be washable or easily cleanable. - 069-Walls/Ceilings/Floors/Rugs: Clean/Good Repair [19a-79-4a(c)(2)] - There shall be at least two (2) staff eighteen (18) years of age or older on the premises when one (1) or more children are in attendance. The staff shall be available to care for the children. - 020-Two Staff Present [19a-79-4a(a)(1) and/or 19a-79-4a(a)(2)] - A file shall be kept on the licensed premises for each employee of the child care center or group child care home which shall include an acceptable medical statement and a written report of a negative tuberculin test. - 016-Staff Health Records [19a-79-7a(e)(18)] - Child care centers and group child care homes that utilize combustibl | |||
| 2022-07-19 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2103101 | Closed No Violations |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2022-06-14 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2089229 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2022-06-07 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2086659 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-5a(a)(2)(A) through (E)and/or19a-79-6a(e)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the record shall be available and provided upon request to the Office of Early Childhood, the child's parent(s) and the local health director. It shall include a health record that shall include date of birth, a physical examination form, an immunization record, and information regarding disabilities or special health care needs. - 037-Child Health Records/Immunizations/TB [19a-79-5a(a)(1)(A) through (C)] - The operator of a child care center or group child care home is responsible for maintaining on the licensed premises a current record for each child enrolled. A copy of the record shall be available and provided upon request to the Office of Early Childhood, the child's parent(s) and the local health director. The record shall include enrollment information and per | |||
| 2022-04-05 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2063131 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2022-03-25 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 2060511 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: 19a-79-4a(c)(4)(D) - The operator shall be responsible for assuring the supervision of the children at all times while the children are at the facility, indoors or outdoors, or on field trips. At no time shall a child be left unsupervised. - 021b-Supervision [19a-79-6a and/or 19a-79-7a] - The building, equipment and services shall be maintained in a good state of repair. A maintenance program shall be established that ensures that the interior, exterior and grounds of the building are maintained, kept clean and orderly, free from accumulations of refuse, dampness, stagnant water, dilapidated structures and other health and safety hazards. - 045-License Premise Clean/Good Repair/Safe [19a-79-7a(g)(4) and/or 19a-79-7a(h)] - Hardware such as air conditioners, water heaters or fuse boxes shall be inaccessible to children. The playground shall be free of glass, debris, holes and other hazards. - 089-Playground Free From Hazards [19a-79-5a(a)(1)(D)(ii)] - The operator of a child care center | |||
| 2022-01-25 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2038216 | Closed No Violations |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2021-11-19 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2017252 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2021-11-08 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - PARTIAL | 2013511 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-3a(d)(1)] - The operator shall implement and annually review specific written policies, plans and procedures that include daily attendance records for both children and staff showing the specific times of arrival and departure. The operator shall notify the parent(s), staff and the Office of Early Childhood within five (5) days of changes in these policies, plans and procedures. - 007-Daily Attendance Records: Children/Staff [19a-79-10(g)(1) and/or 19a-79-10(d)(2)(A)] - Infants under twelve (12) months of age shall be placed for sleeping in a well constructed, free standing crib or bed designed for infant sleeping, with a snug fitting mattress. Furniture shall include well constructed free standing cribs, not stacked cribs, each of which has slats no more than two and three-eighths (2 3/8) inches apart and a fully waterproofed, firm, snug-fitting mattress for infants. - 129-Crib/Bed Used for Infant Sleeping [19a-79-10(g)(1) and/or 19a-79-10(g)(4)] - Infants under twelve (12) mo | |||
| 2021-09-24 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 1996795 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [-] - - - 000-No Violations | |||
| 2021-09-09 | UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION - FULL | 1990006 | Corrective Action Plan |
| Violations: [19a-79-4a(c)(1), 19a-79-11(f)&/or19a-79-12(b)(1)] - A designated head teacher shall be on site for sixty percent (60%) of the time the child care center or group child care home is in operation on a weekly basis. A program providing care for one (1) or more hours between the hours of ten (10) P.M. and five (5) A.M. shall have a person on the licensed premises designated as the person in charge who shall meet the head teacher qualifications. - 019-Designated Head Teacher/60% [19a-79-3a(c)] - The operator shall notify the Office of Early Childhood, the parent(s) and staff of any changes in programs or services. Notification of personnel changes shall be made within five (5) business days after the change. If the change is for a head teacher, a plan for interim head teacher coverage shall be submitted to the Office of Early Childhood. A qualified head teacher or a plan approved by the commissioner shall be in place within thirty (30) days of change of a qualified head teacher. Notificati | |||
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