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: 321
-Infants: 22
-Toddlers: 84
-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  
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 (Investigation Pending) 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
Mar 18, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-004272 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 4, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-016348 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 21, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-053323 Violations Found
Oct 25, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-049081 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 23, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-LIRO-048783 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 18, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-048043 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 3, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-046421 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Sep 11, 2023 Application - Renewal 2023-I-LIRO-028511 Violations Found
Jul 7, 2023 Other 2023-I-LIRO-035559 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jul 6, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-035308 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 5, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-LIRO-035408 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Outside of Program Operating Hours
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 19, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
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
Nov 21, 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
Nov 21, 2023 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 11, 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
*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 May, 2020: Yes