Program Name: Action for a Better Community, Incorporation    License/Registration ID: 755435


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Sharon Minigan Contact Title: Business Contact
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Nov 22, 2024 <
School District: Rochester
Site Address: Map
251 Joseph Avenue, Rochester, NY 14605
First Licensed/Registration Date: Dec 31, 2015
Current Registration Period: Dec 31, 2021 - Dec 30, 2025
Phone: (585) 417-3720
Fax:
Total Capacity: 111
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 35
-Preschool: 68
-School-Age: 0
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: 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: Rochester Regional Office
Phone: (585) 238-8531
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  
Oct 4, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-099080 Violations Found
Sep 27, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-RRO-101084 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 6, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-RRO-008921 Violations Found
Aug 28, 2024 Change(s) to Site 2024-I-RRO-083337 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 30, 2024 Fire Safety - TA 2024-I-RRO-076814 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Outside of Program Operating Hours
Jul 21, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-RRO-036638 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 20, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-RRO-033015 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Outside of Program Operating Hours
Jun 9, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-RRO-008989 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: Oct 4, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Oct 4, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 4, 2024 418-1.9(d) Behavior management must promote self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care. Not Corrected
Oct 4, 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
Oct 4, 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
Sep 6, 2024 418-1.14(k) All child care programs must have at least one staff person who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the program during the program's operating hours. Corrected
Jun 20, 2023 418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. Corrected
Jun 20, 2023 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
*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: Rochester Regional Office
Phone: (585) 238-8531

 Enforcement History
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services uses a range of tools to help bring child care programs into compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

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