Program Name: Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc    License/Registration ID: 778561


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Briana M. Fenton Contact Title: Acting Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Saranac Lake
Site Address: Map
26 Trudeau Road, Saranac Lake, NY 12932
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 30, 2016
Current Registration Period: Sep 30, 2022 - Sep 29, 2026
Phone: (518) 891-3206
Fax:
Total Capacity: 64
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 12
-Preschool: 44
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 3/28/2025 12:29:49 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 is approved to administer medications.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Albany Regional Office
Phone: (518) 402-3038
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  
May 6, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-039726 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 18, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-ARO-028665 No New Violations
Mar 18, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-ARO-028661 No New Violations
Mar 13, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-ARO-028070 Violations Found
Feb 25, 2025 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2025-I-ARO-025705 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 25, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-009299 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 8, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-107333 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 1, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-077358 Violations Found
Jun 10, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-050969 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 4, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-ARO-009420 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: May 6, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Mar 13, 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. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2025 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
Mar 13, 2025 418-1.9(i) Physical intervention is permitted. Physical intervention is the act of using bodily contact as a short-term immediate response to prevent children from incurring substantial or serious injury to themselves or injuring others. It may involve: picking a child up and moving him or her away from danger or conflict, holding the child's hands or gently touching the body to direct their movement, rocking a child to soothe them, blocking a child's path when they are about to injure themselves or others or destroy property. This technique allows the child to regain self-control as quickly and safely as possible. A consultation with a child's parent is required if the child is not receptive to physical intervention. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 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. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2025 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 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: Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2025 418-1.11(i)(18)(i) Toilet facilities must be kept clean at all times, and must be supplied with toilet paper, soap and towels accessible to the children. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2025 418-1.12(h) Where meals are furnished by the child day care center, the servings must be in portions suitable for the size and age of the children in care including infants. There must be a sufficient amount of food available to children to permit second helpings of nutritious food. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2025 418-1.13(b) 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: Not Corrected
Mar 13, 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, Not Corrected
Aug 1, 2024 418-1.5(g) The use of pools that have not received a Department of Health permit to operate, spa pools and all fill-and-drain wading pools are prohibited. Corrected
Aug 1, 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
Aug 1, 2024 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
*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: Albany Regional Office
Phone: (518) 402-3038

 Enforcement History
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Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since June, 2020: None