Program Name: Grace Above & Beyond    License/Registration ID: 784253


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Anna A. Guido Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Massapequa
Site Address: Map
23 Cedar Shore Drive, Massapequa, NY 11758
First Licensed/Registration Date: Mar 10, 2017
Current Registration Period: Mar 10, 2023 - Mar 9, 2027
Phone: (516) 798-1122
Fax:
Total Capacity: 185
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 48
-Preschool: 108
-School-Age: 13
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 2/6/2024 11:19:28 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 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  
Feb 6, 2026 Complaint (Substantiated) 2026-I-LIRO-021290 Violations Found
Feb 6, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-LIRO-008103 Violations Found
Nov 7, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-LIRO-112520 Violations Found
Jun 25, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-048101 Violations Found
Apr 1, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-009407 Violations Found
Nov 20, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-108783 Violations Found
Oct 10, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-LIRO-101840 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 22, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-081231 Violations Found
Jun 14, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-048151 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Apr 24, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-043034 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: Feb 6, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Feb 6, 2026 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. Corrected
Feb 6, 2026 418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. Corrected
Feb 6, 2026 418-1.9(d) Behavior management must promote self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care. Corrected
Feb 6, 2026 413.3(g)(3)(i) The Office shall require the child day care program to immediately post upon receipt, in a prominent place at the program that is visible to parents, a copy of the most recent compliance history report issued to the program by the Office. Corrected
Feb 6, 2026 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
Feb 6, 2026 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
Feb 6, 2026 418-1.7(h)(2) Children must not watch television or other electronic visual media during meals. Corrected
Feb 6, 2026 418-1.11(i)(1) Staff and volunteers must thoroughly wash their hands with soap and running water at the beginning of each day, before and after the administration of medications, when they are dirty, after toileting or assisting children with toileting, after changing a diaper, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors. Corrected
Feb 6, 2026 418-1.15(b)(22)(ii) The child day care center must post or display conspicuously in a place to which parents have free and daily access, the following: the name(s), addresses and telephone numbers of person(s) with the legal responsibility and administrative authority for the operation of the child day care center; Corrected
Nov 7, 2025 418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: Corrected
Nov 7, 2025 418-1.11(f)(15) Prescription and over-the-counter medications must be kept in their original bottles or containers. Corrected
Nov 7, 2025 418-1.11(f)(16) Prescription medication labels must include the following information or be available through the licensed authorized prescriber on the form provided by the Office or equivalent form: Corrected
Jun 25, 2025 418-1.11(f)(16) Prescription medication labels must include the following information or be available through the licensed authorized prescriber on the form provided by the Office or equivalent form: Corrected
Jun 25, 2025 418-1.15(c)(5) 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: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; Corrected
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.7(h)(1) Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off when not part of a planned developmentally appropriate program activity. Corrected
Apr 1, 2025 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
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.11(f)(15) Prescription and over-the-counter medications must be kept in their original bottles or containers. Corrected
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.11(f)(21) In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription. Corrected
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.12(am) Individual children's food allergies must be posted in a discreet location visible only to staff. Corrected
Nov 20, 2024 418-1.8(d) No person under 18 years of age may be left alone to supervise a group of children at any time, including in an emergency. Corrected
Nov 20, 2024 418-1.8(k) The supervision ratios are as follows: Corrected
Aug 22, 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
Jun 14, 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
Jun 14, 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
Jun 14, 2024 418-1.9(d) Behavior management must promote self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care. Corrected
Apr 24, 2024 413.3(g)(3)(i) The Office shall require the child day care program to immediately post upon receipt, in a prominent place at the program that is visible to parents, a copy of the most recent compliance history report issued to the program by the Office. Corrected
Apr 24, 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. Corrected
Apr 24, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. 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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Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since April, 2021: None