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Vineland III HeadStart Center
Vineland, NJ
· Cumberland County
116 Elmer St,
Vineland, NJ 08360
Quick Facts
Capacity
68 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 6 years
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
3
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Contact Information
📞 (856) 691-5838
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
06VIN0006
License Issued
Jan 21, 2026
Active Through
Jan 21, 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
Gateway Head Start/EHS offers a school readiness program for children ages 0-5 at locations throughtout Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem and Mercer counties in New Jersey, as well as the Germantown-Lehigh section of Philadelphia, Pa. Transportation is available at many sites. Services may be free to eligible families. Refer to the list below for locations and ages served.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
- Open HoursMon - Fri: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-01-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-11-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-10-16 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-08-27 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-07-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-06-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-06-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-28 | Renewal,Monitoring,Life Safety Modification | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-06-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-05-30 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-30 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-30 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(vii) | Post a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated from each classroom and the outdoor play area. Ensure the current plan is submitted. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated in case of emergency from each classroom and the outdoor play area. |
| 2023-05-30 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a) | Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection adequate supervision was maintained throughout the center. This violation was cited and abated. - The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. |
| 2023-05-30 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Ensure the staff record checklist is current and submitted. - 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). |
| 2023-05-30 | 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. Ensure current first aid and CPR certifications are submitted. - 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. |
| 2022-09-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-08-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-07-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-10 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-10 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-10 | 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(g)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually and that documentation or a copy of all materials used are maintained on file at the center. - The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by the center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff development materials used. |
| 2022-06-10 | 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(d)(4) | 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 legal issues, including ADA guidelines. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(9) | Ensure that staff designated to perform health care procedures are trained in doing so and that at least two staff members at the center have received the training. - 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: before administering a health care procedure associated with a child’s health condition, such as the use of a blood glucose monitor, nebulizer, or epinephrine pen, the center shall ensure that all staff members who administer the procedure are taught to do so by the child’s parent or another appropriately-trained person. There shall be at least two staff members present at the center who are trained in such health care procedures. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-3.6(b)(1) | Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff and families 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-6.5(b) | Ensure that the center maintains on file at the center a signature for 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(l) | Develop and distribute to all staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | 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 |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair. Repair or replace the stained ceiling tiles in room 4. - 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(17) | Ensure that all televisions, computers, and shelving are secured to a stable surface in room 4. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all televisions and computers shall be secured on a stable surface and shelving shall be secured and not be overloaded. |
| 2022-06-10 | 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. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(8) | Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center, and, as determined by the Office of Licensing, on a case-by-case basis, the facility operator shall submit to the Office of Licensing a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the Department of Health that indicates that no further remediation is needed for the interior of the building in which the center is located. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-9.6(a)(2) | Maintain transportation records on file at the center, including a copy of the insurance policy. - Each center or person providing transportation services, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-9.1(a), shall maintain on file at the center a copy of the insurance policy or documentation of current insurance coverage. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-9.7(d)(3) | Maintain transportation records on file at the center, including the name and address of the leaser or contractor furnishing the vehicle. - The center shall maintain on file inspection and maintenance records for each vehicle, other than a private passenger vehicle or chartered autobus, used by the center to transport children. The center shall for vehicles that have been leased or otherwise contracted for, maintain on file the name and address of the leaser or contractor furnishing the vehicle. |
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 3A:52-9.7(f)(3) | Maintain transportation records on file at the center, including record of semi-annual emergency evacuation drills. - Documentation of emergency evacuation drills for all passengers who ride the Type I or Type II School Bus shall be maintained in a log containing the following information: the time taken to evacuate the bus. |
| 2021-12-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-12-01 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-10-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-09-10 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-12-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-11-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-07-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-04-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-03-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-01-07 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-11-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-10-04 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-09-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-08-06 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-06-18 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-05-06 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
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