Program Name: Rascal House    License/Registration ID: 343639


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Donna M. Manzella Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Oceanside
Site Address: Map
55 Fairview Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572
First Licensed/Registration Date: Aug 12, 2009
Current Registration Period: Aug 12, 2023 - Aug 11, 2027
Phone: (516) 536-2424
Fax:
Total Capacity: 71
-Infants: 13
-Toddlers: 17
-Preschool: 41
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 7/21/2025 2:45:41 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 5
-Preschool: 3
-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 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  
Sep 22, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-059136 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jul 3, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-004702 Violations Found
Nov 4, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-106889 Violations Found
Jul 8, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-074407 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 24, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-053878 Violations Found
Feb 5, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-004504 Violations Found
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: Sep 22, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Sep 22, 2025 418-1.14(b) Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Corrected
Sep 22, 2025 418-1.14(c) 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: Corrected
Sep 22, 2025 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
Jul 3, 2025 413.4(d)(2) Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home. Corrected
Jul 3, 2025 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Jul 3, 2025 418-1.4(b)(1) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. Corrected
Jul 3, 2025 418-1.8(l)(5) In consideration of a child's developmental readiness, appropriateness of the classroom environment, the level of care the child requires and the needs of the other children in care, the center may move a toddler to the next age group when that child is within three months of their third birthday. Corrected
Jul 3, 2025 418-1.11(a)(1) No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. Corrected
Jul 3, 2025 418-1.11(c)(2)(x) guidelines and procedures to be followed for the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis that comply with the anaphylactic policy for child day care providers jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health; and Corrected
Jul 3, 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
Jul 3, 2025 418-1.15(c)(11) 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: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer's final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statements; acceptable references and other information required by section 418-1.13 of this Subpart; Corrected
Nov 4, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
Jun 24, 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
Feb 5, 2024 413.4(a) The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home: Corrected
Feb 5, 2024 418-1.8(l)(5)(i) A written assessment of the child's developmental readiness is required to be kept on file. Corrected
Feb 5, 2024 418-1.8(l)(9) When toddlers are cared for with preschool children in a mixed age group at the very beginning or very end of the day, the teacher/child ratio and maximum group size applicable to children aged 18 months to 36 months must be followed. Corrected
Feb 5, 2024 418-1.11(a)(1) No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. Corrected
Feb 5, 2024 418-1.11(i)(18)(ii) For diapered children, staff and volunteers must ensure that adequate steps are taken to clean the child after each change of diaper. Corrected
Feb 5, 2024 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
*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 October, 2020: None