Program Name: Kindercare Learning Center    License/Registration ID: 138364


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Kimberly Michel Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Dec 16, 2025 <
School District: Ramapo(Edwin Gould)
Site Address: Map
36 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 20, 2002
Current Registration Period: Sep 20, 2023 - Sep 19, 2027
Phone: (845) 357-4048
Fax: (845) 357-4345
Total Capacity: 179
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 51
-Preschool: 94
-School-Age: 18
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 11/21/2022 12:01:27 PM
-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: 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  
Jan 27, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-YRO-002203 Violations Found
Nov 26, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-YRO-117144 Violations Found
Jul 2, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-YRO-049667 Violations Found
Feb 26, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-YRO-003091 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 31, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-104749 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 25, 2024 Fire Safety - TA 2024-I-YRO-103369 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 29, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-082642 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 6, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-044460 Violations Found
May 6, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-YRO-002759 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: Jan 27, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Jan 27, 2026 418-1.11(i)(12) Garbage receptacles must be covered, and cleaned as needed after emptying. Not Corrected
Jan 27, 2026 418-1.13(b)(1) Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: a statement or summary of the applicant's employment history including, but not limited to, any relevant child-caring experience; Not Corrected
Nov 26, 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
Nov 26, 2025 418-1.8(l)(7) Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, infants may never be mixed with other age groups. Not Corrected
Nov 26, 2025 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 26, 2025 418-1.13(b) Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: Not Corrected
Nov 26, 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
Jul 2, 2025 418-1.5(b)(7) Each program must have on site a variety of supplies including food, water, first aid and other safety equipment to allow for the protection of the health and safety of children in the event parents are unable to pick up children due to a local disaster. The plan must take into account a child's needs for an overnight stay. Food supplies must be non-perishable and of sufficient quantity for all children for an overnight stay. Programs that serve food daily and have a food supply stored on site for their daily operation or are co-located at a site with a cafeteria, pantry or eatery of some kind are not required to store emergency food or water supplies if they can show that they have access to and permission to use those foods in a declared emergency. Corrected
Jul 2, 2025 418-1.10(b)(1) Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment and Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs Not Corrected
Jul 2, 2025 418-1.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review, Not Corrected
May 6, 2024 418-1.3(o)(2) Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed. 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 April, 2021: Yes