Program Name: Island Kids Early Childhood Center, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 44223


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Cristina Kaltsas Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Northport
Site Address: Map
158 LAUREL AVENUE, NORTHPORT, NY 11768
First Licensed/Registration Date: Aug 18, 1999
Current Registration Period: Aug 18, 2023 - Aug 17, 2027
Phone: (631) 757-8455
Fax: (631) 757-0435
Total Capacity: 207
-Infants: 24
-Toddlers: 36
-Preschool: 147
-School-Age: 0
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 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  
Jan 28, 2026 Self-Report 2026-I-LIRO-019805 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 9, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-121821 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 3, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-112790 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 24, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-060024 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Aug 8, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-LIRO-057997 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 2, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-LIRO-050174 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 2, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-049445 Violations Found
Apr 23, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-035061 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Feb 20, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-002302 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 26, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-110553 Violations Found
Jul 3, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-065663 Violations Found
Jun 28, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-053788 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Apr 4, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-001922 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: Jan 28, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Oct 24, 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 2, 2025 413.4(d)(6) Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care. Corrected
Jul 2, 2025 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
Apr 23, 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
Nov 26, 2024 418-1.13(i) No person other than a director, group teacher or assistant teacher may supervise a group independently even for brief periods of time, except in an emergency. Corrected
Jul 3, 2024 418-1.5(z) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children. 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 April, 2021: None