Program Name: Debbie's Creative Childcare    License/Registration ID: 316288


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Deborah L. Bedell Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Plainview
Site Address: Map
81 Jamaica Avenue, Plainview, NY 11803
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 28, 2007
Current Registration Period: Sep 28, 2023 - Sep 27, 2027 		Phone: (516) 433-6131
Fax: (516) 433-3777
Total Capacity: 317
-Infants: 30
-Toddlers: 72
-Preschool: 215
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 3/21/2024 10:43:58 AM
-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: 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  
Dec 15, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-122000 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 17, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-119269 Violations Found
Jul 30, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-LIRO-057535 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 27, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-LIRO-050375 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 19, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-LIRO-040641 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 19, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-LIRO-029927 Violations Found
Jan 13, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-004496 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 4, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-082579 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 1, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-LIRO-062723 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 24, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-052662 Violations Found
May 22, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-LIRO-048261 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
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: Dec 15, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Sep 17, 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
Sep 17, 2025 418-1.15(c)(5) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; Corrected
Mar 19, 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
Jun 24, 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
Jun 24, 2024 418-1.5(a)(1)(i) The program must take suitable precautions to prevent the following: serious injury of a child while in care at the program or being transported by the program; and Corrected
Jun 24, 2024 418-1.5(ac) Staff and volunteers must take suitable precautions to prevent children from receiving burns caused by contact with hot liquids. Corrected
Jun 24, 2024 418-1.12(ac) All devices used to warm breast milk, formula or food for infants must be kept at a low temperature not exceeding 120 degrees. 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, 2021: Yes