Program Name: Little Scholars    License/Registration ID: 170822


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Lisa M. Adam Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Chester
Site Address: Map
67 Brookside Avenue, Chester, NY 10918
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jul 19, 2004
Current Registration Period: Jul 19, 2022 - Jul 18, 2026
Phone: (845) 469-4403
Fax:
Total Capacity: 90
-Infants: 14
-Toddlers: 19
-Preschool: 57
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 3/13/2024 3:00:54 PM
-Infants: 1
-Toddlers: 2
-Preschool: 4
-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 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 28, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-YRO-021505 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 31, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-115098 Violations Found
Sep 13, 2024 Other 2024-I-YRO-086175 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 10, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2024-I-YRO-084775 Violations Found
Sep 10, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2024-I-YRO-084658 Results Pending
Aug 20, 2024 Mid-Point 2024-I-YRO-075150 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 10, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-YRO-073374 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 2, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-YRO-052507 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 2, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-YRO-002985 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 8, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-YRO-053603 Violations Found
Sep 29, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-YRO-002557 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 28, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Dec 31, 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
Sep 10, 2024 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 10, 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
Sep 10, 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
Sep 10, 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
Dec 8, 2023 418-1.8(g) Whenever the child day care center is in operation and the director is away from the premises, there must be a staff person designated to act on behalf of the director, who is knowledgeable about the programs operation and policies. 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, 2020: Yes