Program Name: Creative Kids of Mahopac    License/Registration ID: 854006


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Alyssa M. Howard Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Mahopac
Site Address: Map
10 Bon Miller Road, Mahopac, NY 10541
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jun 25, 2020
Current Registration Period: Jun 25, 2024 - Jun 24, 2028 		Phone: (845) 628-7402
Fax:
Total Capacity: 79
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 12
-Preschool: 32
-School-Age: 19
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 10/7/2024 2:44:05 PM
-Infants: 1
-Toddlers: 1
-Preschool: 4
-School-Age: 9

*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: No

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400
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  
May 1, 2026 Monitoring 2026-I-YRO-035425 Violations Found
Jan 29, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-YRO-009976 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 20, 2026 Technical Assistance 2026-I-YRO-018983 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 8, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-YRO-106685 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 15, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-YRO-107481 Violations Found
Apr 9, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-YRO-011449 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 2, 2024 Change(s) to Site 2024-I-YRO-077360 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: May 1, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
May 1, 2026 413.4(d)(1) Any initial application for a child care license or registration shall include the submission of fingerprint images for any operator, director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a group family day care home or family day care home. Corrected
May 1, 2026 418-1.2(a)(19) Applicants for a license must submit to the Office: Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment and Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs Corrected
Sep 15, 2025 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
Sep 15, 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 15, 2025 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Sep 15, 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. Not 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: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400
 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 June, 2021: None