Program Name: Schenectady Jewish Community Center Day Care    License/Registration ID: 40233


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Andrea S. Leighton Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Dec 4, 2024 <
School District: Niskayuna
Site Address: Map
2565 Balltown Rd, Schenectady, NY 12309
First Licensed/Registration Date: May 28, 1991
Current Registration Period: Sep 30, 2023 - Sep 29, 2027
Phone: (518) 377-8803
Fax: (518) 377-5530
Total Capacity: 270
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 32
-Preschool: 94
-School-Age: 128
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 10/28/2022 1:44:41 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 7
-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: 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  
Nov 18, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-108188 Violations Found
Oct 2, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-098711 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 29, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-082862 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 11, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-074045 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 21, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-048438 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 25, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-043811 Violations Found
Mar 27, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-ARO-001300 Violations Found
Mar 15, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-ARO-038647 No New Violations
Mar 7, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-037496 Violations Found
Jan 25, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-ARO-020399 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 31, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-ARO-050466 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 28, 2023 Application - Renewal 2023-I-ARO-028847 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 9, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-ARO-039545 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 14, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-ARO-000736 Violations Found
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: Nov 18, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Nov 18, 2024 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. Not Corrected
Nov 18, 2024 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. Not Corrected
Nov 18, 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. Not Corrected
Nov 18, 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, Not Corrected
Apr 25, 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
Mar 27, 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: Corrected
Mar 7, 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
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.15(b)(10)(ii) A child day care center must cooperate with inspectors and other representatives of the Office in regard to any inspections or investigations that are conducted by the Office or its representatives. Corrected
Mar 7, 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
Feb 14, 2023 418-1.5(t) Operating carbon monoxide detectors and alarms must be located in accordance with applicable laws. Corrected
Feb 14, 2023 418-1.5(ad) Pursuant to New York Public Health Law Section 2500-h, the program must comply with the anaphylaxis policy jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health and any amendments thereto. The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter. Notification shall include contact information for parents to engage further with the program to learn more about individualized aspects of the anaphylaxis policy. Corrected
Feb 14, 2023 418-1.15(c)(6) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: 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 child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; 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 December, 2019: Yes