Program Name: SOBRO Development Corporation @ Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School    License/Registration ID: 830620


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Shawndell T. Powell Contact Title: Director
Program Type: School-Age Child Care Status: Open
School District: Manhattan 5
Site Address: Map
282 West 151st Street, New York, NY 10039
First Licensed/Registration Date: Oct 24, 2018
Current Registration Period: Oct 24, 2024 - Oct 23, 2028
Phone: (347) 547-4495
Fax: (212) 292-3115
Total Capacity: 140 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
This program is located in a school.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
Phone: (646) 632-6305
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)

This program is located in a public school and, therefore, the program may not be responsible for correcting the violation.
Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Mar 21, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-NYCDOH-010643 Violations Found
Feb 21, 2025 Documentation Review 2025-I-NYCDOH-024821 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Nov 26, 2024 Other 2024-I-NYCDOH-110031 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 25, 2024 Application - Renewal 2024-I-NYCDOH-109579 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 28, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-NYCDOH-104903 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 10, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-NYCDOH-100527 Violations Found
Oct 7, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-NYCDOH-099535 Violations Found
Sep 30, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-NYCDOH-097666 Violations Found
May 9, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-NYCDOH-047444 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
This program is located in a public school and, therefore, the program may not be responsible for correcting the violation.
Date of Last Inspection: Mar 21, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Mar 21, 2025 414.2(e) Renewal. Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: Corrected
Mar 21, 2025 414.2(e)(12) Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: a copy of a certification of insurance from an insurance company showing general liability insurance is provided to the school age child care program and a copy of the insurance policy; and Corrected
Mar 21, 2025 414.11(b)(1)(ii) Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. Corrected
Mar 21, 2025 414.11(b)(6) The initial medical statement for staff and volunteers must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Corrected
Mar 21, 2025 414.11(c)(1) The registrant 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
Mar 21, 2025 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. Corrected
Mar 21, 2025 414.15(c)(11) The program must maintain on file at the program, 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 statement; acceptable references and other information required by section 414.13 of this Part; Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(a)(16) Applicants for a registration must submit to the Office: a sworn statement by the applicant indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, the applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction, and fingerprint images to comply with the requirements of section 413.4 of this Title; Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(e) Renewal. Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(e)(1) Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: a completed application for renewal, including required attestations, on forms furnished by the Office, or approved equivalents. Such application and attestations must include an agreement by the applicant to operate the school-age child care program in conformity with applicable laws and regulations; Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(e)(6) Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: certification, on forms provided by the Office, that the building, its property and premises, and the surrounding neighborhood and environment are free from environmental hazards. Such hazards include but are not limited to, dry cleaners, gas stations, nuclear laboratories or power plants, property designated as a federal superfund clean-up site, and any property with known contaminated ground or water supplies. Where the historical or current use of the building, its property and premises, or the surrounding neighborhood indicate that an environmental hazard may be present, inspection or testing must be completed by the appropriate local official or authority to determine if such hazard exists. Documentation of the inspection or testing must be appended to the statement required by this paragraph and include a statement from the appropriate local official or authority following this inspection and/or testing that the building, its property and premises, and the surrounding neighborhood meet applicable standards for sanitation and safety; Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(e)(8) Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: where a program uses a private water supply, a report from a state licensed laboratory or individual, based on tests performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application for renewal, showing that the water meets the standards for drinking water established by the New York State Department of Health; Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(e)(11) Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: documentation from an inspector for the New York State Department of Labor or an insurance company licensed to write boiler insurance in New York State showing that all steam or hot water boilers have been inspected and approved during the current registration period in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Department of Labor. For all other fuel burning heating systems and equipment and boilers not subject to the New York State Department of Labor requirements, documentation of service by a heating contractor performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application for renewal; and Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.2(e)(12) Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: a copy of a certification of insurance from an insurance company showing general liability insurance is provided to the school age child care program and a copy of the insurance policy; and Corrected
Feb 21, 2025 414.11(c)(1) The registrant 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
Feb 21, 2025 414.14(m) The staff persons who hold the valid certification in CPR and First Aid must have their certification available for review during their working hours at the program. Corrected
Oct 10, 2024 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
Oct 10, 2024 414.8(k)(1)(i) for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children; Corrected
Oct 7, 2024 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
Oct 7, 2024 414.8(k)(1)(i) for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children; Corrected
Sep 30, 2024 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
Sep 30, 2024 414.8(k)(1)(i) for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children; Corrected
Sep 30, 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. Corrected
May 9, 2024 413.4(d)(3) The licensee or registrant shall furnish to each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home a fingerprint imaging application form and a description of how the completed fingerprint images will be used. Corrected
May 9, 2024 414.5(q) Windows above the first floor that are accessible to children and present a fall hazard must be protected by permanent barriers or restrictive locking devices to prevent a window from opening fully thus preventing children from falling out the windows. Corrected
May 9, 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. Corrected
May 9, 2024 414.14(k) All child care programs must have at least one staff person who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the program during the program's operating hours. 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: (646) 632-6305

 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, 2021: None