Program Name: Inspire Kids Newburgh    License/Registration ID: 459924


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Nicole A. Molinaro Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Newburgh
Site Address: Map
344 Gidney Ave., Newburgh, NY 12550
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 9, 2010
Current Registration Period: Sep 9, 2020 - Sep 8, 2024
Phone: (845) 562-6220
Fax: (845) 562-6221
Total Capacity: 107
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 107
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 6/16/2023 3:03:03 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 has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400
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 27, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-YRO-020743 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 9, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-111428 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 6, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-YRO-022401 Violations Found
Sep 30, 2024 Application - Renewal 2024-I-YRO-043945 Violations Found
Aug 16, 2024 Fire Safety - TA 2024-I-YRO-079984 Violations Found
Aug 8, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-077888 Violations Found
Jun 18, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-050361 Violations Found
Jun 3, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-049511 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 28, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-060223 Violations Found
Apr 15, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-041787 Violations Found
Feb 8, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-YRO-005601 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 11, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-YRO-040370 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 24, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-YRO-037617 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 27, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Nov 6, 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
Nov 6, 2024 418-1.15(b)(9)(vi) Day care centers that use electronic monitoring devices or surveillance cameras must allow inspectors and other representatives of the Office to have access to such equipment and to have viewing privileges as required by the Office. Corrected
Nov 6, 2024 418-1.15(b)(10)(ii) A child day care center must cooperate with inspectors and other representatives of the Office in regard to any inspections or investigations that are conducted by the Office or its representatives. Corrected
Sep 30, 2024 418-1.13(b)(2) Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: the names, addresses and day time telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives, at least one of whom can verify employment history, work record and qualifications, and at least one of whom can attest to the applicant's character, habits and personal qualifications to be a child care center staff member; Corrected
Sep 30, 2024 418-1.15(c)(11) 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: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer's final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statements; acceptable references and other information required by section 418-1.13 of this Subpart; Corrected
Aug 16, 2024 418-1.3(a)(2) Whenever change(s), addition(s) or expansion(s) are proposed which will affect, or reasonably may be expected to affect, those portions of the building designated for the care of children or for their egress in case of an emergency, the licensee must receive written approval from the Office prior to initiating such change(s), addition(s), or expansion(s). Corrected
Aug 16, 2024 418-1.5(t) Operating carbon monoxide detectors and alarms must be located in accordance with applicable laws. Corrected
Aug 16, 2024 418-1.5(y) Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices must be used on all electrical outlets that are accessible to children. Corrected
Aug 8, 2024 418-1.3(a)(3) Child care can only be provided in the areas that have been included in the diagram and approved as child care space. Corrected
Aug 8, 2024 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Jun 18, 2024 418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. Corrected
Jun 18, 2024 418-1.9(c) The program must provide copies of the behavior management plan to all staff and parents of children in care at the program. Corrected
Jun 18, 2024 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. Corrected
Jun 18, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Jun 18, 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
Jun 18, 2024 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
May 28, 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
May 28, 2024 418-1.8(q)(1) Each day care center shall require any and all visitors to the facility to: Corrected
Apr 15, 2024 418-1.3(a)(2) Whenever change(s), addition(s) or expansion(s) are proposed which will affect, or reasonably may be expected to affect, those portions of the building designated for the care of children or for their egress in case of an emergency, the licensee must receive written approval from the Office prior to initiating such change(s), addition(s), or expansion(s). Corrected
Apr 15, 2024 418-1.3(o)(2) Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed. Corrected
Apr 15, 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 15, 2024 418-1.5(d) Radiators and pipes located in rooms occupied by children must be covered to protect the children from injury when the heating system is in use. Corrected
Apr 15, 2024 418-1.15(b)(12)(iv) The child day care center must report to the Office: immediately upon learning of any other change that would place the center out of compliance with applicable regulations; 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: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400

 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 April, 2020: None