Program Name: Celebration Children's Center of Canastota, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 44427


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Kathryn A. Emerson Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Canastota
Site Address: Map
206 Wilson Ave, Canastota, NY 13032
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jun 1, 1999
Current Registration Period: Jun 1, 2023 - May 31, 2027
Phone: (315) 697-8680
Fax:
Total Capacity: 56
-Infants: 12
-Toddlers: 20
-Preschool: 14
-School-Age: 10
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 4/24/2025 10:47:54 AM
-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.

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  
Dec 12, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-SRO-121581 Violations Found
Oct 29, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-110932 Violations Found
Sep 3, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-092801 Violations Found
Sep 3, 2025 Mid-Point 2025-I-SRO-044515 Violations Found
Aug 6, 2025 Documentation Review 2025-I-SRO-098796 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
May 27, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-SRO-043087 Violations Found
May 27, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-SRO-002323 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 2, 2025 No Approved Director 2025-I-SRO-022508 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Mar 25, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-SRO-029770 Violations Found
Feb 19, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-023732 Violations Found
Nov 19, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-SRO-107840 Violations Found
Nov 5, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-105622 Violations Found
Nov 5, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-SRO-105208 Violations Found
Oct 31, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-SRO-105692 Violations Found
Oct 29, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-103860 Violations Found
Oct 25, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-SRO-103525 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 17, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-101192 Violations Found
Oct 4, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-098492 Violations Found
Sep 26, 2024 Fire Safety - Renewal 2024-I-SRO-096784 Violations Found
Sep 9, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-SRO-083146 Violations Found
Aug 23, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-080894 Violations Found
Jun 3, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-SRO-046513 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 23, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-043515 Violations Found
Apr 12, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-SRO-041486 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: Dec 12, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Dec 12, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 29, 2025 418-1.5(a)(1)(i) The program must take suitable precautions to prevent the following: serious injury of a child while in care at the program or being transported by the program; and Not Corrected
Oct 29, 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. Not Corrected
Sep 3, 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. Corrected
Sep 3, 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
Sep 3, 2025 418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: Corrected
Sep 3, 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
Sep 3, 2025 418-1.9(h) Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. Not Corrected
May 27, 2025 418-1.5(n) Materials and play equipment. Corrected
May 27, 2025 418-1.5(n)(1) Materials and play equipment used by the children must be sturdy and free from rough edges and sharp corners. Corrected
Mar 25, 2025 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
Feb 19, 2025 418-1.4(f)(2) All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times. Corrected
Feb 19, 2025 418-1.8(n) The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children's safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program. Corrected
Nov 19, 2024 418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. Corrected
Nov 5, 2024 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
Nov 5, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Nov 5, 2024 418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: Corrected
Nov 5, 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
Nov 5, 2024 418-1.4(f) Adequate means of egress must be provided. Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress to other floors, in the case of fire-resistant buildings, and to the outside in the case of non-fire-resistant buildings. Corrected
Oct 31, 2024 418-1.3(o) All buildings used for day care centers must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable. Corrected
Oct 31, 2024 418-1.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. Corrected
Oct 31, 2024 418-1.4(f)(2) All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times. Corrected
Oct 31, 2024 418-1.5(n)(1) Materials and play equipment used by the children must be sturdy and free from rough edges and sharp corners. Corrected
Oct 29, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
Oct 17, 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
Oct 17, 2024 418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: Corrected
Oct 17, 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
Oct 4, 2024 418-1.8(k)(3)(ii) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: the maximum group size is twelve children. Corrected
Oct 4, 2024 418-1.8(m) There must be a director, group teacher or assistant teacher supervising all applicants, volunteers and persons in the process of approval. Corrected
Oct 4, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
Sep 26, 2024 418-1.5(t) Operating carbon monoxide detectors and alarms must be located in accordance with applicable laws. Corrected
Sep 26, 2024 418-1.15(c)(22) 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: documentation from the local health department or the New York State Department of Health showing that the facility has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Department of Health; Corrected
Sep 26, 2024 418-1.15(c)(31) 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: documentation from service personnel licensed by the New York State Department of State to perform fire alarm systems maintenance, repair and testing which shows that the fire alarm and detection systems have been inspected, tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building Code of New York State; Corrected
Sep 26, 2024 418-1.15(c)(33) 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: documentation from the local government authority having jurisdiction for determining compliance with the Fire and Building Code of New York State showing that the facility has been inspected and approved once every 12 months during the current license period for compliance with the applicable fire safety provisions of the Fire and Building Code of New York State; Corrected
Sep 9, 2024 418-1.4(f) Adequate means of egress must be provided. Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress to other floors, in the case of fire-resistant buildings, and to the outside in the case of non-fire-resistant buildings. Corrected
Aug 23, 2024 418-1.8(l)(11) Day care centers that have been approved to operate a school-age children component in their day care center may only mix school age children with pre-school children at the very beginning of the day and the very end of the day. School age children may never be mixed with pre-school children for the entire period of time they are in care at the center. Corrected
Aug 23, 2024 418-1.15(a)(4) The provisions specified on the license are binding and the child day care center must operate in compliance with the terms of the license. The number and age range of children specified thereon are the maximum number and age range of children who may be in the care of the child day care center at any one time. Corrected
Apr 23, 2024 418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. Corrected
Apr 23, 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
Apr 23, 2024 418-1.11(i)(9) The premises must be kept free of vermin. Corrected
Apr 12, 2024 418-1.11(b)(13) Staff must be aware of each child's special health care needs identified in the child's individual health care plan. This includes, but is not limited to, allergies, disabilities and medical conditions. 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
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Enforcement Actions since April, 2021: Yes