Program Name: Academic Explorers of Uniondale, LLC    License/Registration ID: 877052


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Shanese L. Williams Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Uniondale
Site Address: Map
607 Nassau Road, Uniondale, NY 11553
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 3, 2021
Current Registration Period: Sep 3, 2021 - Sep 2, 2025
Phone: (516) 535-9691
Fax: (516) 868-5631
Total Capacity: 62
-Infants: 5
-Toddlers: 12
-Preschool: 37
-School-Age: 8
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 11/3/2023 11:08:44 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: No
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
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 19, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-012952 Violations Found
Nov 8, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-050603 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 31, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-LIRO-050544 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 24, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-050582 Violations Found
Aug 24, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-041522 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jun 23, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-LIRO-013589 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 21, 2022 Complaint (Substantiated) 2022-I-LIRO-047150 Violations Found
Apr 14, 2022 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2022-I-LIRO-021873 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: Mar 19, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Mar 19, 2024 418-1.4(b)(1) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. Not Corrected
Mar 19, 2024 418-1.4(h) The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately. Not Corrected
Mar 19, 2024 418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. Not Corrected
Oct 24, 2023 418-1.15(b)(22)(ii) The child day care center must post or display conspicuously in a place to which parents have free and daily access, the following: the name(s), addresses and telephone numbers of person(s) with the legal responsibility and administrative authority for the operation of the child day care center; Corrected
Nov 21, 2022 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, 2022 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, 2022 418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. Corrected
Nov 21, 2022 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
Nov 21, 2022 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
Nov 21, 2022 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. Corrected
Nov 21, 2022 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
Nov 21, 2022 418-1.15(b)(4) The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. 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: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560

 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 March, 2019: Yes