Program Name: Expressive Beginnings Child Care    License/Registration ID: 764709


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Jennifer E. Jacobs Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Jan 7, 2025 <
School District: Greece
Site Address: Map
1680 Stone Road, Rochester, NY 14615
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jun 22, 2016
Current Registration Period: Jun 22, 2022 - Jun 21, 2026
Phone: (585) 643-1630
Fax:
Total Capacity: 134
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 36
-Preschool: 48
-School-Age: 34
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 1/9/2024 7:16:39 AM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 0
-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: 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  
Apr 9, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-RRO-032474 Results Pending
Mar 10, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-RRO-009009 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 3, 2025 Documentation Review 2025-I-RRO-022161 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jan 16, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-RRO-019035 Violations Found
Jan 16, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-RRO-019034 No New Violations
Jan 14, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-RRO-018643 No New Violations
Dec 2, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-RRO-109274 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 19, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-080119 Violations Found
Aug 14, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-079526 Violations Found
Aug 14, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-079525 Violations Found
Aug 12, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-RRO-078622 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 7, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-078076 Violations Found
Jul 24, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-075499 Violations Found
Jul 24, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-075088 Violations Found
Jun 27, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-053774 Violations Found
Jun 17, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-RRO-051210 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 24, 2024 Other 2024-I-RRO-043864 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Mar 25, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-039013 Violations Found
Feb 6, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-RRO-022264 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 2, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-019783 Violations Found
Feb 2, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-RRO-009114 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 29, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-RRO-056257 Violations Found
Dec 11, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-RRO-053998 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 11, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-RRO-053619 Violations Found
Nov 22, 2023 Serious Injury 2023-I-RRO-053193 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 21, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-RRO-052145 No New Violations
Nov 21, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-RRO-052137 Violations Found
Oct 30, 2023 Other 2023-I-RRO-049996 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 27, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-RRO-049054 Violations Found
Oct 6, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-RRO-046530 Violations Found
Oct 6, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-RRO-009194 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 5, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-RRO-042443 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 31, 2023 Serious Injury 2023-I-RRO-037921 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 23, 2023 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2023-I-RRO-030943 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: Apr 9, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Feb 3, 2025 418-1.15(a)(1)(ii) Each child day care center must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. Not Corrected
Jan 16, 2025 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
Jan 16, 2025 418-1.11(i)(2) Staff and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors. Corrected
Jan 16, 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, Not Corrected
Aug 19, 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
Aug 14, 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
Aug 14, 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
Aug 14, 2024 418-1.9(h) Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. Not Corrected
Aug 7, 2024 418-1.8(n) The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children's safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program. Corrected
Aug 7, 2024 418-1.10(c) 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: Corrected
Jul 24, 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
Jul 24, 2024 418-1.8(c) The child day care center must provide supervision of the staff responsible for the care of children. Workloads and assignments must be arranged to provide consistency of care to children and to allow staff to fulfill their respective responsibilities. Corrected
Jul 24, 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
Jun 27, 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
Jun 27, 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. Corrected
Jun 27, 2024 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. Not Corrected
Jun 27, 2024 418-1.15(b)(14) 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: Corrected
Apr 24, 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
Mar 25, 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. Corrected
Feb 2, 2024 418-1.11(i)(6) All rooms, equipment, surfaces, supplies and furnishings accessible to children must be cleaned and then sanitized or disinfected, using an EPA registered product, as needed to protect the health of children, and in a manner consistent with the program's health care plan approved by the Office. Corrected
Feb 2, 2024 418-1.15(b)(14)(v) 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: communicable disease, Corrected
Dec 29, 2023 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
Dec 11, 2023 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
Nov 21, 2023 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
Nov 21, 2023 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
Nov 21, 2023 418-1.9(h) Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. Corrected
Nov 21, 2023 418-1.10(c) 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: Corrected
Nov 21, 2023 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
Oct 27, 2023 418-1.12(ag) Infants six months of age or younger must be held while being bottle-fed. Infants older than six months must be held while being bottle fed until the infant consistently demonstrates the capability of holding the bottle and ingesting an adequate portion of the contents thereof. Corrected
Oct 27, 2023 418-1.12(ah) The propping of bottles is prohibited. Corrected
Oct 6, 2023 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
Oct 6, 2023 418-1.15(c)(5) 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: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; Corrected
May 23, 2023 418-1.4(b)(4) The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents. 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
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Enforcement Actions since April, 2020: Yes