Day Care Center
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Living Waters Child Care II
Rochester, NY
· Monroe County
299 Norton Street,
Rochester, NY 14621
Quick Facts
Capacity
86 children
Age Range
16 Infants, 20 Toddlers, 25 Preschoolers and 25 School-Aged Children
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Day Care Center
Active License
License Number
475398
License Holder
Deborah G. Wright
Licensed Since
2011
License Issued
Jun 23, 2021
Expired
Jun 22, 2025
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
Rochester Regional Office
Reviews
Brenda Powell
2022-01-12 17:59:22
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I am the grandmother of a 4 year old little girl My granddaughter attended this daycare living waters for 2 yrs on Friday January 7th my granddaughter was picked up by a van driver employed by this center she was then driven to living waters childcare and left asleep on the van alone for 9 hrs it was cold outside about 19 degrees andsnowing she was forgotten she was on the van from 9am till 5pm no food no restroom no blanket no adult she was told by 2 staff members not to tell after she was found apond the driver reboarding the bus in the afternoon to take the kids home no one was notified when my granddaughter was found No parent No police No EMT as a matter of fact if it hadn't been for my granddaughter telling her mom the owner or staff wouldn't of told my granddaughter was also given 3 dollars not to tell before arriving home by the bus driver The owner stated that the driver took her and bought her something to eat before taking her home apparently This childcare facility allows fan drivers to take kids outside of home and to the facility and conspires to cover things up my granddaughter was immediately removed from this daycare center and will never return I dont recommend anyone use this center for childcare services
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About the Provider
Living Waters Child Care II is a Day Care Center in Rochester NY, with a maximum capacity of 86 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 16 Infants, 20 Toddlers, 25 Preschoolers and 25 School-Aged Children. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:00 AM - 06:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; Initial License Date: 6/23/2011; There has been enforcement actions since 2003; This facility is authorized to administer medications;
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
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-10 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2025-I-RRO-022641 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.3(o)(2) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Buildings, systems, and equipment are in good repair and operational | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.3(h) | N |
| Brief Description: No peeling or damaged paint or plaster | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.4(b)(4) | N |
| Brief Description: Evacuation drills recorded monthly | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.4(h) | N |
| Brief Description: Monthly fire and safety inspections performed and documented by director or designee | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.5(w) | N |
| Brief Description: Cleaning materials must be stored in their original container. If mixed, container must be labeled | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.5(b)(4) | N |
| Brief Description: Two shelter in place drills are held annually | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.11(a)(3) | N |
| Brief Description: Children's immunizations are current | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.12(x) | N |
| Brief Description: Parent agreement in writing allowing staff to prepare infant formula | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.12(w) | N |
| Brief Description: Parent agreement in writing specifying Infant feeding schedule | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.13(b) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Background checks are conducted for all staff and volunteers as specified in regulation | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.13(a) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Staff are qualified for their positions by training and experience | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(7) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Health statements for each staff member and volunteer | |||
| 2025-07-10 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(11) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Resumes, SCR results, conviction statements, references completed for all staff | |||
| 2025-03-31 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-RRO-005852 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Fire Safety - Other | Fire Safety - Other | 2024-I-RRO-115839 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.3(o)(2) | N |
| Brief Description: Buildings, systems, and equipment are in good repair and operational | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.3(o) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Exit signs and emergency lights function as designed | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.3(n) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Hot and cold running water available and accessible at all times | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.3(h) | P/V |
| Brief Description: No peeling or damaged paint or plaster | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.4(b)(1) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Evacuation drills conducted monthly | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.4(b)(4) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Evacuation drills recorded monthly | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Competent supervision is maintained at all times | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 418-1.14(k) | P/V |
| Brief Description: At least one staff member certified in First Aid and CPR is present at all times children are in care | |||
| 2024-12-27 | Violation | 413.3(g)(3)(i) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Posting of Compliance History Document | |||
| 2024-12-09 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-RRO-005713 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-12-09 | Violation | 418-1.14(k) | N |
| Brief Description: At least one staff member certified in First Aid and CPR is present at all times children are in care | |||
| 2022-03-03 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Violation | 418-1.2(a)(25) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Applicants for a license must submit to the Office: a copy of a certificate of insurance from an insurance company showing the intent to provide general liability insurance to the child day care center upon licensure; | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Violation | 418-1.6(n) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child care programs are prohibited from transporting child care children in a vehicle built to hold more than 10 passengers, including the driver, unless the vehicle: meets the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration definition of a school bus or a multifunction school activity bus; complies with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to a school bus or multifunction school activity bus; and is inspected per New York State Department of Transportation rules and regulations. | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Violation | 418-1.7(q) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider. | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Violation | 418-1.2(a)(25) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Applicants for a license must submit to the Office: a copy of a certificate of insurance from an insurance company showing the intent to provide general liability insurance to the child day care center upon licensure; | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Violation | 418-1.6(n) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child care programs are prohibited from transporting child care children in a vehicle built to hold more than 10 passengers, including the driver, unless the vehicle: meets the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration definition of a school bus or a multifunction school activity bus; complies with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to a school bus or multifunction school activity bus; and is inspected per New York State Department of Transportation rules and regulations. | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Violation | 418-1.7(q) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A child must never be left unattended in any motor vehicle or other form of transportation. The program must develop and follow procedures to guarantee no children are left alone on a bus, vehicle or other transportation modes without adult supervision at any time, including insuring all children have departed the vehicle. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(g) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Programs that offer transportation services either directly or by contract with a third party must ensure that drivers and vehicles meet all Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation requirements. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Drivers must be 18 years of age or older and hold a current valid license to drive the class of vehicle they are operating. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(n) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child care programs are prohibited from transporting child care children in a vehicle built to hold more than 10 passengers, including the driver, unless the vehicle: meets the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration definition of a school bus or a multifunction school activity bus; complies with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to a school bus or multifunction school activity bus; and is inspected per New York State Department of Transportation rules and regulations. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 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. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 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. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.10(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.10(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff 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 such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 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, | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(d) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: A child must never be left unattended in any motor vehicle or other form of transportation. The program must develop and follow procedures to guarantee no children are left alone on a bus, vehicle or other transportation modes without adult supervision at any time, including insuring all children have departed the vehicle. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(g) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Programs that offer transportation services either directly or by contract with a third party must ensure that drivers and vehicles meet all Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation requirements. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(h) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Drivers must be 18 years of age or older and hold a current valid license to drive the class of vehicle they are operating. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.6(n) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child care programs are prohibited from transporting child care children in a vehicle built to hold more than 10 passengers, including the driver, unless the vehicle: meets the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration definition of a school bus or a multifunction school activity bus; complies with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to a school bus or multifunction school activity bus; and is inspected per New York State Department of Transportation rules and regulations. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Not 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. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 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. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | Violation | 418-1.10(c) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff 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 such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 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. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 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, | |||
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