Program Name: Way To Grow Child Care Learning Center    License/Registration ID: 45075


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Margaret K. Launonen Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Dec 4, 2024 <
School District: Patchogue-Medford
Site Address: Map
655 E. Main St., East Patchogue, NY 11772
First Licensed/Registration Date: Apr 2, 2001
Current Registration Period: Apr 2, 2023 - Apr 1, 2027
Phone: (631) 475-7239
Fax:
Total Capacity: 170
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 30
-Preschool: 72
-School-Age: 52
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 10/17/2023 12:39:39 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 10
-School-Age: 10

*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: Yes
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: 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  
Dec 3, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2024-I-LIRO-109381 Results Pending
Oct 18, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-101913 Violations Found
Aug 22, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-081595 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 20, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-LIRO-048615 Violations Found
May 20, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-048598 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 30, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-002035 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 19, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-055534 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 24, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-041861 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 6, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-032026 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 25, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-LIRO-001503 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 9, 2023 Application - Renewal 2022-I-LIRO-046810 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 8, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-LIRO-020490 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 3, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Oct 18, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 2024 418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Not Corrected
Oct 18, 2024 418-1.15(a)(1)(ii) Each child day care center must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. Not Corrected
May 20, 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
Mar 8, 2023 418-1.8(j) When a child care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to ensure the health and safety of the children in care. Corrected
Mar 8, 2023 418-1.8(k)(2)(i) for children between ages 6 weeks old and 18 months old: there must be one teacher for every four children; Corrected
Mar 8, 2023 418-1.8(k)(3)(i) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children; Corrected
Mar 8, 2023 418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children; Corrected
Mar 8, 2023 418-1.8(k)(7)(i) for a child of school-age through the age of 9 years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children; Corrected
Mar 8, 2023 418-1.8(l)(9) When toddlers are cared for with preschool children in a mixed age group at the very beginning or very end of the day, the teacher/child ratio and maximum group size applicable to children aged 18 months to 36 months must be followed. 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
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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 December, 2019: Yes