Program Name: Watertown Family YMCA Day Care Center    License/Registration ID: 434192


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Elizabeth A. Harris Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Watertown
Site Address: Map
514 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601
First Licensed/Registration Date: Dec 31, 2010
Current Registration Period: Dec 31, 2024 - Dec 30, 2028
Phone: (315) 755-1208
Fax: (315) 755-1212
Total Capacity: 76
-Infants: 14
-Toddlers: 20
-Preschool: 42
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 11/6/2024 1:25:57 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 2
-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: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202
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  
Apr 15, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-033052 Violations Found
Apr 1, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-SRO-030780 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 25, 2025 Serious Injury 2025-I-SRO-029290 Violations Found
Feb 11, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-SRO-005545 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 10, 2025 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2025-I-SRO-023070 Violations Found
Dec 10, 2024 Application - Renewal 2024-I-SRO-080246 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 9, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-SRO-078485 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 30, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-076852 Violations Found
Jun 25, 2024 Serious Injury 2024-I-SRO-052158 Violations Found
Apr 3, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-SRO-040026 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 22, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-SRO-038865 Violations Found
Jan 4, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-SRO-016386 Violations Found
Jan 4, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-SRO-005376 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 21, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-SRO-052059 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 29, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-SRO-045706 Violations Found
Sep 5, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-SRO-042505 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 15, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-SRO-039856 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: Apr 15, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Apr 15, 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
Apr 15, 2025 418-1.8(b) The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. Not Corrected
Mar 25, 2025 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
Feb 10, 2025 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Jul 30, 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
Jun 25, 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
Mar 22, 2024 418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children; Corrected
Jan 4, 2024 418-1.11(i)(18)(v) When disposable diapers are used, soiled diapers must be disposed of immediately into an outside trash disposal, or placed in a tightly covered plastic-lined trash can inaccessible to children until outdoor disposal is possible. Corrected
Sep 29, 2023 418-1.11(a)(2) The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the staff will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child. Corrected
Sep 29, 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: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202

 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