Program Name: Tompkins Community Action, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 177249


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Nicole M. Smith Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation and Denial  <
Apr 2, 2025 <
School District: Groton
Site Address: Map
110 Sykes Street, Groton, NY 13073
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 15, 2003
Current Registration Period: Sep 15, 2019 - Sep 14, 2023
Phone: (607) 898-3703
Fax: (607) 273-3293
Total Capacity: 60
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 20
-Preschool: 32
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 4/29/2023 12:26:51 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 8
-Preschool: 16
-School-Age: 0

*Important Note: This self reported information on open child care slots can quickly change.


Please contact this program for the most current openings.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
Removed from referral list: Yes
This facility is approved to administer medications.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202
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 31, 2025 Documentation Review 2025-I-SRO-030663 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Mar 4, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-SRO-026521 Results Pending
Mar 4, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-SRO-026452 Results Pending
Feb 24, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-024187 Violations Found
Jan 24, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-SRO-019721 Results Pending
Dec 19, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-114297 Violations Found
Oct 4, 2024 Serious Injury 2024-I-SRO-097484 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 25, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-052998 Violations Found
Jun 4, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-SRO-049610 No New Violations
May 14, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-046763 Violations Found
May 9, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-045828 Violations Found
Mar 27, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-SRO-039237 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 9, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-024286 Violations Found
Jan 25, 2024 Serious Injury 2024-I-SRO-024062 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 25, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-SRO-003026 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 17, 2024 Application - Renewal 2023-I-SRO-026949 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: Apr 2, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Mar 31, 2025 418-1.2(d) Applicants for a license may not be issued a license until an inspection of the child day care center has been conducted showing compliance with the requirements of this Subpart and the relevant provisions of the Social Services Law. Not Corrected
Feb 24, 2025 418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. Not Corrected
Dec 19, 2024 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. Not Corrected
Dec 19, 2024 418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: Not Corrected
Dec 19, 2024 418-1.11(f)(1) Staff may administer medication only in accordance with the following: Not Corrected
Dec 19, 2024 418-1.11(h)(1) The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: Not Corrected
Jun 25, 2024 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
May 14, 2024 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
May 9, 2024 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
Feb 9, 2024 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
Feb 9, 2024 418-1.11(h)(4) The program must provide a child who has or develops symptoms of illness a place to rest quietly that is in the view of, and under the supervision of staff until the child receives medical care or the parent or approved parental designee arrives. In the event that a child has or develops symptoms of illness, the program is responsible for immediately notifying the parent. Corrected
Feb 9, 2024 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
*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: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202

 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, 2020: Yes