Program Name: Creative Sprouts Childcare Center    License/Registration ID: 873528


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Madeline E. Tesch Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Saratoga Springs
Site Address: Map
3 Hampstead Place, Apt. Suite 105, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
First Licensed/Registration Date: Nov 1, 2021
Current Registration Period: Nov 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2025 		Phone: (518) 886-9542
Fax:
Total Capacity: 71
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 24
-Preschool: 31
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 5/6/2024 2:38:35 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: 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  
Oct 1, 2025 Application - Renewal 2025-I-ARO-046923 Violations Found
Aug 15, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-ARO-059153 Results Pending
Jul 11, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-051194 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 28, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-ARO-035616 Violations Found
Apr 8, 2025 Fire Safety - Renewal 2025-I-ARO-032552 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 2, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-031154 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 26, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-ARO-025035 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 15, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-012195 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 21, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-081512 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 13, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-ARO-051396 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 9, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-ARO-046068 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 9, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-ARO-012654 Violations Found
Jan 22, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-ARO-018457 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 27, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-ARO-048974 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: Oct 1, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Oct 1, 2025 418-1.11(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. Not Corrected
Oct 1, 2025 418-1.11(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. Not Corrected
Oct 1, 2025 418-1.13(b)(2) 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: the names, addresses and day time telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives, at least one of whom can verify employment history, work record and qualifications, and at least one of whom can attest to the applicant's character, habits and personal qualifications to be a child care center staff member; Not Corrected
Oct 1, 2025 418-1.14(c)(1) 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: Fifteen (15) of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. Not Corrected
Apr 28, 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. Corrected
Apr 28, 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
May 9, 2024 418-1.4(b)(1) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. Corrected
Oct 27, 2023 418-1.12(z) All containers or bottles of, breast milk, formula or other individualized food items must be clearly marked with the child's complete name. 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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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 October, 2020: None