Child Care Center
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The Kids Palace II LLC
West Orange, NJ
· Essex County
85 Whittlesey Avenue,
West Orange, NJ 07052
Quick Facts
Capacity
30 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Contact Information
📞 (908) 943-3664
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
161200094
License Issued
Aug 17, 2026
Active Through
Aug 17, 2029
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
Reviews
Rosy
2020-08-29 18:56:56
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
Excellent daycare. They take very good care of my daughter. She learns a lot and she is very happy there. The director and staff are great people with very good heart.
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About the Provider
The Kids Palace II LLC is a Child Care Center in West Orange NJ, with a maximum capacity of 30 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:00 AM - 06:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday06:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-07-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-06-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-05-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-03-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-21 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-13 | Life Safety Modification | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-03 | Life Safety Modification | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-04-07 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-03-19 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.1(b)(7) | Ensure that the use of television is not used for passive viewing. - The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that the use of a television, computers, and other video equipment shall be limited to educational and instructional use, shall be age and developmentally appropriate, and shall not be used as a substitute for planned activities or for passive viewing. |
| 2023-04-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-23 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-23 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, there were 14 children present in room 2 when the licensed capacity is 11. 4/18/2023 At the time of the inspection, there were 16 children present in room 2 when the licensed capacity is 11. At the time of inspection on 5/8/23 there were 16 child present in room 2 and the licensed capacity is 11. - Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center allow more children in attendance than the licensed room capacity. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.1(g)(3) | Ensure that classrooms that care for children over 18 months of age provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment in room 1 and room 2. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: centers serving children 18 months of age and older shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including, but not limited to, language; science and mathematics; manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities; and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each daily activity chosen by the center. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(2) | Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair. - The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children over the age of 12 months and under the age of five years, 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 CRF 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/frnotices/fr11/cribfinal.pdf, playpen, cot, mat, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirements: |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(6)(iv) | Complete accident reports as required, including the information regarding parent notification. - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: a written description of the follow-up action taken by the center, including |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(i) | Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food. - 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 before intake of food. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) | Ensure that the center has a table of organization with current staff listed that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. - 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 a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(1) | Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours. - The director shall be scheduled to work at the center at least 50 percent of the center’s daily operating hours. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Provide an updated 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). |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. Provide renewal CARI clearances for 5 staff. - 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. |
| 2023-02-23 | 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 for the center's license renewal. Provide CHRI clearances for 7 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. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(e)(7)(iii)(2) | Ensure that the consulting head teacher makes at least two on-site visits to the center per month and that the center maintains documentation of their observations. - For early childhood programs for centers using a consulting head teacher, the center shall maintain on file a written record of the consulting head teacher’s observation of the program and evaluation of the staff member in charge of the program. |
| 2023-02-23 | 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. - 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. |
| 2023-02-23 | 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. - 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. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) | Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children. At the time of the inspection, cleaning supplies were accessible to children in room 1. The center moved the cleaning supplies making them inaccessible to children upon inspector request. - 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. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(5)(ii) | Ensure that garbage receptacles are maintained as required, including being covered securely when used for food in room 1 and 2. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: garbage receptacles shall be covered in a secure manner. |
| 2023-02-23 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(p) | Ensure the green turf on the outdoor playground is flat and secured to prevent a tripping hazard. - Play equipment, materials, and furniture for indoor and outdoor use shall be of sturdy and safe construction, non-toxic, free of hazards, and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. The center may not use play equipment intended for outdoor use indoors. |
| 2022-06-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-05-19 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-04-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-03-28 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-28 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-28 | 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, including one fire drill annually that is conducted during nap time. - 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. |
| 2022-03-28 | Violation | 3A:52-7.9(a)(1)(ii) | Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components, including the date and time the symptoms or illness were observed at the center. - 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 date and time the illness, symptoms of illness or diseases were observed at the center. |
| 2022-03-28 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) | Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2. |
| 2021-10-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-09-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-08-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-07-06 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-11-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-09-30 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-06-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-04-23 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-03-24 | Phone Call | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-02-21 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2020-01-09 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2019-08-27 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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