Program Name: Shining Stars Day Care, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 801213


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Kaitlyn E. Walters Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Fayetteville-Manlius
Site Address: Map
4595 Enders Road, PO BOX 528, Manlius, NY 13104
First Licensed/Registration Date: Dec 5, 2017
Current Registration Period: Dec 5, 2019 - Dec 4, 2023
Phone: (315) 682-3257
Fax: (315) 682-3389
Total Capacity: 171
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 24
-Preschool: 93
-School-Age: 38
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 5/22/2023 1:04:47 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.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202
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  
Apr 8, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-031229 Violations Found
Apr 1, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-SRO-030965 Results Pending
Apr 1, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-SRO-030853 Violations Found
Jan 22, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-SRO-019874 Violations Found
Jan 7, 2025 No Approved Director 2024-I-SRO-047460 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 13, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-SRO-107095 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 8, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-SRO-053112 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 30, 2024 Application - Renewal 2023-I-SRO-037374 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 23, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-SRO-040195 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 23, 2024 No Approved Director 2023-I-SRO-052411 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Feb 7, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-SRO-019522 Violations Found
Feb 7, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-SRO-009996 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 14, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-SRO-010203 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 1, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-SRO-046159 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 25, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-SRO-035253 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 28, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-SRO-023443 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: Apr 8, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Apr 8, 2025 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
Apr 1, 2025 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
Apr 1, 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
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Not Corrected
Apr 1, 2025 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
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.12(ai) Each infant and toddler must be removed from the crib, playpen or cot and held or placed in an appropriate chair for feeding. Corrected
Apr 1, 2025 418-1.15(b)(6)(i) Information relating to an individual child is confidential and cannot be disclosed without written parental permission to anyone other than the Office, its designees or other persons authorized by law. Not Corrected
Jan 22, 2025 418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children; Corrected
Jan 22, 2025 418-1.13(b)(3) 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: a sworn statement by the applicant indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, such applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction and fingerprint images as required to comply with the requirements of 413.4 of this Title; Corrected
Jan 22, 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, Corrected
Feb 7, 2024 418-1.14(c) Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Corrected
Feb 7, 2024 418-1.14(d) Training must address all topics or subject matters required by state and federal law. The required state topics are: 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: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202

 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