Program Name: ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, INC. OF CHEMUNG COUNTY    License/Registration ID: 43917


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Michelle C. Derico Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Elmira City
Site Address: Map
1118 Charles St., Elmira, NY 14904
First Licensed/Registration Date: Mar 4, 1998
Current Registration Period: Mar 1, 2024 - Feb 29, 2028 		Phone: (607) 732-5583
Fax:
Total Capacity: 67
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 9
-Preschool: 58
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 1/22/2024 3:51:59 PM
-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 facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Rochester Regional Office
Phone: (585) 238-8531
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  
Jun 16, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-RRO-040664 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 6, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-RRO-002244 Violations Found
Dec 4, 2024 Other 2024-I-RRO-112129 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 22, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-RRO-108970 Violations Found
Oct 30, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-RRO-001862 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 7, 2024 Fire Safety - TA 2024-I-RRO-079647 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: Jun 16, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Mar 6, 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
Dec 4, 2024 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. Corrected
Nov 22, 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
*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: Rochester Regional Office
Phone: (585) 238-8531
 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: None