Program Name: Alternatives for Children    License/Registration ID: 139887


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Sheri R. Zilinskas Contact Title: Acting Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Three Village
Site Address: Map
14 Research Way, East Setauket, NY 11733
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jan 5, 2004
Current Registration Period: Jan 5, 2024 - Jan 4, 2028 		Phone: (631) 331-6400
Fax:
Total Capacity: 400
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 400
-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: No
This program is located in a school.
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  
Apr 16, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-LIRO-032805 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 2, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-003109 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 21, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-LIRO-021765 Violations Found
Dec 11, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-114270 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 6, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-LIRO-112806 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 30, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2024-I-LIRO-097115 Violations Found
Sep 9, 2024 Serious Injury 2024-I-LIRO-084705 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 25, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-052898 Violations Found
Jun 25, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-052631 Violations Found
Jun 17, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-051783 Violations Found
May 22, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-LIRO-048268 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Mar 20, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-002779 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 8, 2024 Serious Injury 2024-I-LIRO-038124 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 26, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-LIRO-020483 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 1, 2023 Serious Injury 2023-I-LIRO-053723 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 21, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-051518 Violations Found
Nov 20, 2023 Application - Renewal 2023-I-LIRO-041095 Violations Found
Jul 28, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-031523 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 7, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-035602 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jun 21, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-032494 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 20, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-LIRO-033665 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 10, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-028629 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 10, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-027367 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 16, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Jan 21, 2025 418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. Corrected
Sep 30, 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
Jun 25, 2024 418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: Corrected
Jun 25, 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
Jun 25, 2024 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
Jun 17, 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
Jun 17, 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, Corrected
Nov 21, 2023 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii) 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 injury, Corrected
Nov 20, 2023 418-1.14(c)(1) Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen (15) of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. Corrected
May 10, 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
*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 May, 2020: Yes