United Cerebral Palsy, Inc.- New Discoveries Day Care - Utica NY Day Care Center

1601 Armory Dr. , Utica NY 13501
(315) 798-4006

About the Provider

Description: The New Discoveries Learning Center Preschool Program serves children 3 to 5 years old and is licensed by New York State Department of Education. Students in the program work and learn at different developmental levels in an inclusive preschool setting at each site. The special education services...

Additional Information: This facility is authorized to administer medications;Initial License Date: 7/28/1994; There has been enforcement actions since 2003;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 41536
  • Capacity: 120
  • Age Range: Total Capacity: 120;Infants: 0;Toddlers: 0;Preschool: 120;School-Age: 0;
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Schools Served: Utica School District
  • Initial License Issue Date: Jul 28, 1994
  • Current License Issue Date: Jul 01, 2018
  • District Office: Syracuse Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (315) 423-1202 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2022-03-11 Violation 418-1.11(c)(1) Not Corrected
Brief Description: The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:
2022-03-11 Violation 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury,
2022-03-11 Violation 418-1.15(c)(6) Not Corrected
Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
2021-12-28 Violation 418-1.8(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
2021-12-28 Violation 418-1.8(c) Corrected
Brief Description: The child day care center must provide supervision of the staff responsible for the care of children. Workloads and assignments must be arranged to provide consistency of care to children and to allow staff to fulfill their respective responsibilities.
2021-12-28 Violation 418-1.8(n) Corrected
Brief Description: The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children's safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program.
2021-12-28 Violation 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.8(b) Not Corrected
Brief Description: The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.9(j) Not Corrected
Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like.
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.10(c)(1) Not Corrected
Brief Description: Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.15(b)(4) Not Corrected
Brief Description: The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits.
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) Not Corrected
Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.8(b) Corrected
Brief Description: The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.9(j) Corrected
Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like.
2021-12-16 Violation 418-1.10(c)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

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