Group Family Day Care
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HAPPY FACES BRONX 1 INC.
Bronx, NY
· Bronx County
Longwood Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10459
Quick Facts
Capacity
16 children
Age Range
12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Group Family Day Care
Active License
License Number
869891
Licensed Since
2021
License Issued
Sep 21, 2025
Active Through
Sep 20, 2029
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
Reviews
Denny Sencue
2021-05-07 14:18:20
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
They provide a great service, taking children to the park and trip during summer time. The provide good food fresh everyday. My children go in here for 5 years
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About the Provider
HAPPY FACES BRONX 1 INC. is a Group Family Day Care in Bronx NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
There has been enforcement actions since 2003;
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-102839 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-05-11 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-010488 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-11-19 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-116000 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-09-26 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-08-13 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-NYCDOH-012021 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-05-15 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2025-I-NYCDOH-038212 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-11-07 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-106195 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-07-22 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-075267 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-05-09 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-046169 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-046046 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Violation | 416.8(e) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Violation | 416.8(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Competent supervision is maintained at all times with exceptions only as specified in regulation | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Violation | 416.8(j)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: One caregiver observed for either 6 children not yet in school or 8 when at least 2 are school age | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | N |
| Brief Description: One caregiver present for every 2 children under 2 years in attendance | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Violation | 416.8(j)(2) | N |
| Brief Description: Two caregivers present when more than 6 children, none of whom are school age, are in care | |||
| 2024-05-08 | Violation | 416.15(b)(20) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Only approved caregivers have unsupervised contact with the day care children | |||
| 2024-05-06 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-NYCDOH-012461 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-05-06 | Violation | 416.7(v) | N |
| Brief Description: Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off when not part of the program plan | |||
| 2024-05-06 | Violation | 416.8(e) | N |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2024-05-06 | Violation | 416.8(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Competent supervision is maintained at all times with exceptions only as specified in regulation | |||
| 2024-05-06 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | N |
| Brief Description: One caregiver present for every 2 children under 2 years in attendance | |||
| 2024-05-06 | Violation | 416.15(b)(20) | N |
| Brief Description: Only approved caregivers have unsupervised contact with the day care children | |||
| 2023-10-18 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2023-I-NYCDOH-048289 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.9(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The group family day care licensee must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the Office. This plan must include how the program will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems, and encourage acceptable behaviors. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.9(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.9(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, 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, hot spices, irritants or the like. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.9(m) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.10(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, caregivers must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when the caregiver has reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as caregiver in a group family day care is an abused or maltreated child. Such report must be 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. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.11(a)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.12(n) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.13(a)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being; | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.15(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.15(b)(14)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregiver 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 a caregiver: serious incident, | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection 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 caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.15(c)(19) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the transportation policy and written parental permission for the transportation of each child in care; | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.11(a)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection 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 caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
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