Program Name: Albany Jewish Community Center    License/Registration ID: 39186


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Christine J. Cohn Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Albany
Site Address: Map
340 Whitehall Road, Albany, NY 12208-1712
First Licensed/Registration Date: Oct 1, 1988
Current Registration Period: Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026 		Phone: (518) 689-0039
Fax: (518) 459-0924
Total Capacity: 393
-Infants: 32
-Toddlers: 106
-Preschool: 149
-School-Age: 106
Open Child Care Slots*:

* Important Note: This child care provider has not provided enrollment information for posting on the OCFS website.


To learn about current openings, please contact the program directly.


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: Albany Regional Office
Phone: (518) 402-3038
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 17, 2026 Self-Report 2026-I-ARO-022255 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 28, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-ARO-000730 Violations Found
Oct 21, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-ARO-109291 Violations Found
Oct 1, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-ARO-105278 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 25, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-ARO-054613 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 4, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-ARO-044046 Violations Found
Apr 29, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-036561 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 18, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-ARO-028673 Violations Found
Mar 14, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-ARO-028489 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 11, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-001529 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 28, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-ARO-026071 Violations Found
Feb 28, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-ARO-025722 Violations Found
Oct 29, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-104051 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 14, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-079637 Violations Found
Jul 30, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-076580 Violations Found
Jun 13, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-051568 Violations Found
Jun 6, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-ARO-050264 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: Feb 17, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Jan 28, 2026 418-1.9(e) Any discipline used must relate to the child's action and be handled without prolonged delay on the part of the staff so that the child is aware of the relationship between his or her actions and the consequences of those actions. Corrected
Jan 28, 2026 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
Oct 21, 2025 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
Jun 4, 2025 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
Mar 18, 2025 418-1.10(c)(1) Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. Corrected
Mar 18, 2025 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
Feb 28, 2025 418-1.9(j) Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. Corrected
Feb 28, 2025 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Feb 28, 2025 418-1.10(c)(1) Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. Corrected
Feb 28, 2025 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
Feb 28, 2025 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 14, 2024 418-1.5(n)(5) All programs that substantially modify, or install new, outside play equipment must do so in accordance with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Public Playground Safety Handbook. Corrected
Jul 30, 2024 418-1.10(c)(1) Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. Corrected
Jul 30, 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
Jun 13, 2024 418-1.4(b)(4) The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents. Corrected
Jun 6, 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
*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: Albany Regional Office
Phone: (518) 402-3038
 Enforcement History
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Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since April, 2021: None