Program Name: YWCA of Schenectady    License/Registration ID: 114697


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Rebecca A. Fitch Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Schenectady
Site Address: Map
78 Washington Avenue, Gateway Building, Schenectady, NY 12305
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jan 8, 2002
Current Registration Period: Jan 8, 2024 - Jan 7, 2028
Phone: (518) 381-1375
Fax: (518) 381-1375
Total Capacity: 46
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 10
-Preschool: 13
-School-Age: 15
Open Child Care Slots*:

* Important Note: This child care provider has not provided enrollment information for posting on the OCFS website.


To learn about current openings, please contact the program directly.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
Removed from referral list: No

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Albany Regional Office
Phone: (518) 402-3038
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.

 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Mar 30, 2026 Self-Report 2026-I-ARO-026878 Violations Found
Feb 25, 2026 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2026-I-ARO-023054 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 18, 2026 Monitoring - Enforcement 2026-I-ARO-022598 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 21, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-ARO-002051 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 10, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-121204 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 22, 2025 Monitoring - Enforcement 2025-I-ARO-110751 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 22, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-ARO-102694 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 19, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-ARO-101527 Violations Found
Sep 3, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-099260 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 16, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-ARO-051810 Violations Found
May 14, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-040073 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 26, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-002929 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 12, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-107159 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 26, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-097429 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 17, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-051738 Violations Found
May 14, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-047540 No violations cited for this Inspection
Additional Inspection History

*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Mar 30, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Mar 30, 2026 418-1.8(a) 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. Corrected
Sep 19, 2025 418-1.7(w) Children unable to sleep during nap time shall not be confined to a sleeping surface (cot, crib, etc) but instead must be offered a supervised place for quiet play. Corrected
Sep 19, 2025 418-1.8(b) The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. Corrected
Sep 19, 2025 418-1.9(j) Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, 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, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. Corrected
Sep 19, 2025 418-1.10(a) 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. Corrected
Sep 19, 2025 418-1.10(c)(1) Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, 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. Corrected
Sep 19, 2025 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) 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, Corrected
Jul 16, 2025 418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors. Corrected
Jun 17, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Albany Regional Office
Phone: (518) 402-3038

 Enforcement History
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The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since April, 2021: Yes