Program Name: Central Brookhaven Head Start    License/Registration ID: 205873


 Program Overview
Contact Name: P L. Henderson Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Patchogue-Medford
Site Address: Map
2884 Route 112, Medford, NY 11763
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 2, 2005
Current Registration Period: Sep 2, 2023 - Sep 1, 2027 		Phone: (631) 732-7100
Fax: (631) 732-1820
Total Capacity: 136
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 12
-Preschool: 116
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 6/23/2023 8:00:41 AM
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 8
-Preschool: 108
-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 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  
Mar 25, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-003493 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 10, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-113297 Violations Found
Aug 13, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-079532 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 18, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-052847 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 17, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-051483 Violations Found
Mar 7, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-003182 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 5, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-054004 Violations Found
Oct 27, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-049220 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jul 18, 2023 Application - Renewal 2023-I-LIRO-025002 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 16, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-029349 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 25, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Dec 10, 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 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
Dec 5, 2023 418-1.5(z) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children. 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
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: None