Program Name: PRACTICAL LEARNING CENTER    License/Registration ID: 73350


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Esther M. Munoz Contact Title: Director
Program Type: School-Age Child Care Status: Open
School District: Brooklyn 17
Site Address: Map
22 BUCKINGHAM RD., Brooklyn, NY 11226
First Licensed/Registration Date: Apr 21, 1999
Current Registration Period: Apr 21, 2023 - Apr 20, 2027
Phone: (718) 282-4200
Fax: (718) 284-9471
Total Capacity: 28 School-Aged Children
 
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

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
Phone: (718) 306-0301
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  
Aug 7, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-NYCDOH-077242 Violations Found
Feb 14, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-NYCDOH-002345 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 20, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-NYCDOH-044884 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 11, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-NYCDOH-036032 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 28, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-NYCDOH-034735 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: Aug 7, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Aug 7, 2024 414.13(b)(6) School-age child care programs must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be reviewed must be required to provide the following: The information necessary to complete the criminal history review and background clearance requirements as outlined in this Part. This information must be submitted to the Office on forms provided by the Office. Not Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent direct 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
Jun 28, 2023 414.8(b) School-age child care programs must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.9(j) Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this part, 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, irritants or the like. Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.9(l) A child may only be disciplined by a director, group teacher or assistant teacher. Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.10(a) Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A school-age child care program must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by a staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to section 412 of the Social Services Law. Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.10(c)(1) school age child care program 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. Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
Jun 28, 2023 414.15(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
*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: New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
Phone: (718) 306-0301

 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 May, 2020: None