Child Care Center
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Away We Grow Child Care Center
Parsippany, NJ
· Morris County
111 OLD BLOOMFIELD AVE.,
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Quick Facts
Capacity
65 children
Age range (listing information)
0 - 13 years
May not reflect the ages served today. Please confirm with the provider.
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Contact Information
📞 (973) 808-8200
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
14SMA0002
License Issued
Nov 15, 2025
Active Through
Nov 15, 2028
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
Reviews
Seema
2016-04-21 02:59:07
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
Thus is a wonderful childcare center. The staff is loving and the facilities are very pretty. My daughter loves going to school every morning at Away We Grow. We have been very pleased.
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About the Provider
Away We Grow Child Care Center is a Child Care Center in PARSIPPANY NJ, with a maximum capacity of 65 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 0 - 13 years; please confirm current ages with the provider. It is open Monday - Friday, 07:00 AM - 06:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | Re-Inspection,TA Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-29 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-13 | Re-Inspection,Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-10 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-02-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-01-28 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-18 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-05 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-21 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-11 | Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-02 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-11-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-26 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-08 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-10-13 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-10-13 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1) | Ensure crib mattresses are lowered so that they are not elevated when they are rolling over and pulling themselves up. - The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(ii)(1) | Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a feeding plan documented in writing. Although the center has feeding plans, they are not specific in amounts, not updated as required for changes in feeding due to growth, and not signed and dated by parents. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for children less than 12 months of age, the feeding plan shall be documented in writing. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) | Ensure that sleeping equipment is free of pillows, soft bedding, bumpers and other hazards when occupied by a sleeping child. Ensure sheets are tight fitting. - The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(a)(2) | Ensure that parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. Review of accident reports indicate that time of notification is not always recorded. - The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(i) | Ensure that the center washes and disinfects surfaces as required. Ensure diapering mats are washed and disinfected after each diaper change. Observation in two classes indicated that staff are not washing and disinfecting after each diaper change. - The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: the following equipment items or surfaces shall be washed and disinfected after each use, |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(ii) | Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed. Observation indicated that children are washing or having their hands washed after diaper changes. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after using the toilet or having diapers changed. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(iii) | Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting. Observation indicated that the staff in two rooms are not washing their hands after diaper changes and are cross contaminating by continuing to use dirty gloves to redressing children. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after assisting a child in toileting. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(i)(1) | Ensure that the children's diapers are changed when wet or soiled. Ensure children are checked for wet diapers not just adhere to a diapering schedule of every two hours. On the day of the of the inspection a child was observed with a visible wet diaper and according to staff would not be checked for another hour. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, staff members shall ensure that staff members shall ensure that each child's diaper is changed when wet or soiled. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(ii)(3) | Ensure that diapering surfaces are flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent and in good repair. Ensure diaper changing tables are kept clean at all times. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, diapering area and surface requirements are as follows, the diapering surface shall be flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent, and in good repair. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Review of staff files indicates that the staff records checklist is not complete. Ensure applications are completed accurately before completing the 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). |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. At the time of inspection renewal CARI clearances had not been retained by the center. - 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | 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. Ensure staff with CHRI clearances prior to 1/1/21 are redone. Pertains to 2 staff. - 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training annually. Review of documentation indicate that full orientation has not been conducted. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(iv)(1) | Ensure that soiled disposable diapers are placed in a closed container that has a leak proof lining. Ensure the garbage receptacle used to dispose diapers is maintained with a cover. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, soiled diapers shall be disposed of as follows, soiled disposable diapers shall be placed in a closed container that is lined with a leakproof or impervious lining. Such diapers shall be removed from the center daily and placed in a closed garbage receptacle outside the building. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) | Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Provide documentation for new 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains. - 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-7.3(a)(2) | Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required. Ensure universal health records are current. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for each child not enrolled in a public or private school, upon admission, the center shall maintain on file at the center a Universal Child Health Record (Department of Health Form CH-14) or its equivalent, updated annually, along with an immunization record, and a special care plan, if applicable. A 30-day grace period is permitted in N.J.A.C. 8:57-4.5(e) |
| 2022-10-13 | 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. Submit a relocation shelter agreement as the current location is no longer accessible to the center since it has permanently closed. - 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 |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) | Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children. On the day of the inspection a staff person handed an infant a tube of their diaper cream to them to hold while having their diaper changed and the child placed it in their mouth. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under pressure in an aerosol spray can, and any toxic substance shall be stored in a locked cabinet or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to the children. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(9) | Ensure that toilets, wash basins, kitchen sinks and other plumbing are maintained in sanitary condition. Bathroom fixtures throughout the center were visibly dirty. - 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(6) | Ensure that all food waste receptacles are lined and maintained in a sanitary condition. Garbage receptacles were visibly dirty/soiled throughout the center. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: food waste receptacles shall be lined and maintained in clean and sanitary condition. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) | Ensure that all surfaces are kept clean and in good repair. Ensure garbage can are kept clean as they are visibly dirty. - 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(d)(2) | Ensure that all radiators, steam and hot water pipes have protective covers and are maintained in good condition. Fix the radiators that have come apart in the bathrooms. - Heating requirements are as follows: steam and hot water pipes and radiators shall be protected by screens, guards, insulation, or any other suitable, non-combustible protective device. |
| 2022-10-13 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(15) | Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition. Vents visibly dirty 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. |
| 2022-10-13 | 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.Conduct testing. Submit test readings and certification and assurance forms for Renewal 2022. - 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. |
| 2022-07-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-05-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-04-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-04-11 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-04-11 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(c) | Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. - The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 |
| 2022-04-11 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) | Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center. - The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center. |
| 2022-02-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-01-18 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-11-15 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-05-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-02-17 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-12-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-05-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-04-06 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-03-16 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-16 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-10-10 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
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