Program Name: IMAGINE EARLY LEARNING CENTERS, LLC    License/Registration ID: 241816


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Kathleen E. Hattenback Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Sachem
Site Address: Map
2 CORPORATE DRIVE, HOLTSVILLE, NY 11742
First Licensed/Registration Date: Oct 19, 2005
Current Registration Period: Oct 19, 2023 - Oct 18, 2027
Phone: (631) 447-0509
Fax: (631) 207-2441
Total Capacity: 79
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 24
-Preschool: 39
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 6/2/2023 2:52:48 PM
-Infants: 2
-Toddlers: 5
-Preschool: 9
-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: 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  
Feb 11, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-003802 Violations Found
Dec 17, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-114258 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 21, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-109255 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 12, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-106122 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 29, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-102878 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 29, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-082261 Violations Found
Aug 22, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-081124 Violations Found
May 23, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-048223 Violations Found
May 1, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-044892 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Apr 26, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-042738 Violations Found
Jan 30, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-003521 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 6, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-046915 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Sep 28, 2023 Application - Renewal 2023-I-LIRO-031228 Violations Found
Jul 6, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-035330 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: Feb 11, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Feb 11, 2025 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
Aug 29, 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
Aug 29, 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
Aug 29, 2024 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
Aug 22, 2024 418-1.11(b)(6) The initial medical statement for staff and volunteers must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Corrected
Aug 22, 2024 418-1.13(b)(2) 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: the names, addresses and day time telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives, at least one of whom can verify employment history, work record and qualifications, and at least one of whom can attest to the applicant's character, habits and personal qualifications to be a child care center staff member; Corrected
May 23, 2024 418-1.5(aa) The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: handbags, backpacks or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow. Corrected
May 23, 2024 418-1.5(ad) Pursuant to New York Public Health Law Section 2500-h, the program must comply with the anaphylaxis policy jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health and any amendments thereto. The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter. Notification shall include contact information for parents to engage further with the program to learn more about individualized aspects of the anaphylaxis policy. Corrected
May 23, 2024 418-1.11(i)(2) Staff and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors. Corrected
Apr 26, 2024 418-1.8(l)(8) Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, children under three years of age may not participate in mixed age groups except for limited periods of time at the beginning and end of the child day care center's daily operation. Corrected
Sep 28, 2023 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Sep 28, 2023 418-1.7(q) Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider. Corrected
Sep 28, 2023 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
*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: None