Program Name: WIGGLES & GIGGLES Early Learning LLC    License/Registration ID: 882618


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Felicia A. Terrell Contact Title: Acting Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Niskayuna
Site Address: Map
1335 Balltown Rd, Niskayuna, NY 12309
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jul 5, 2022
Current Registration Period: Jul 5, 2022 - Jul 4, 2026
Phone: (518) 878-8354
Fax:
Total Capacity: 62
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 24
-Preschool: 20
-School-Age: 18
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 7/20/2022 12:47:51 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 24
-Preschool: 20
-School-Age: 18

*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: 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  
Apr 15, 2025 Monitoring - Enforcement 2025-I-ARO-034035 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 14, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-ARO-034294 Violations Found
Apr 2, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-ARO-031028 Violations Found
Apr 2, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-ARO-030833 Results Pending
Mar 20, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-ARO-029247 Results Pending
Mar 17, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-ARO-028455 Violations Found
Mar 4, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-012874 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 24, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-ARO-020371 Violations Found
Jan 30, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-ARO-021430 Results Pending
Jan 16, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-ARO-019027 No New Violations
Jan 16, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-ARO-017993 Violations Found
Jan 7, 2025 Monitoring - Enforcement 2025-I-ARO-018409 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 12, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-105394 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 7, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-099446 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 16, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-ARO-085656 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 20, 2024 Mid-Point 2024-I-ARO-067697 Violations Found
Jul 15, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-058663 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 3, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-ARO-060663 No New Violations
Jun 17, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-052019 Violations Found
Jun 5, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-ARO-050280 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 5, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-ARO-050232 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 16, 2024 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-ARO-047536 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 29, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-ARO-044211 Violations Found
Apr 3, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-ARO-039932 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 13, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-ARO-026042 Violations Found
Mar 5, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-ARO-013426 Violations Found
Jan 11, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-ARO-017331 Violations Found
Dec 14, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-ARO-054883 Violations Found
Nov 20, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-ARO-052339 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 2, 2023 Monitoring - Enforcement 2023-I-ARO-050178 Violations Found
Oct 20, 2023 Other 2023-I-ARO-048874 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 19, 2023 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2023-I-ARO-048237 Violations Found
Aug 14, 2023 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2023-I-ARO-040044 Violations Found
Aug 9, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-ARO-039567 No New Violations
Aug 8, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-ARO-039454 Violations Found
Jul 18, 2023 Monitoring - Enforcement 2023-I-ARO-036801 Violations Found
May 25, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-ARO-030076 Violations Found
Apr 27, 2023 Complaint (Substantiated) 2023-I-ARO-026144 Violations Found
Apr 25, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-ARO-025858 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 15, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Apr 14, 2025 418-1.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. Not Corrected
Apr 14, 2025 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. Not Corrected
Apr 14, 2025 418-1.5(n)(2) Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location. Not Corrected
Apr 2, 2025 418-1.9(e) Any discipline used must relate to the child's action and be handled without prolonged delay on the part of the staff so that the child is aware of the relationship between his or her actions and the consequences of those actions. Not Corrected
Apr 2, 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
Apr 2, 2025 418-1.15(b)(4) The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. Not Corrected
Mar 17, 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
Mar 17, 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
Feb 24, 2025 418-1.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. Not Corrected
Feb 24, 2025 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. Not Corrected
Feb 24, 2025 418-1.5(n)(2) Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location. Not Corrected
Jan 16, 2025 418-1.3(o) All buildings used for day care centers must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable. Corrected
Jan 16, 2025 418-1.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. Not Corrected
Jan 16, 2025 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. Not Corrected
Jan 16, 2025 418-1.5(n)(2) Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location. Not Corrected
Aug 20, 2024 418-1.14(b) Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Corrected
Aug 20, 2024 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. Corrected
Aug 20, 2024 418-1.15(b)(29)(v) Mid-point requirements for four-year license holders. At the two-year calendar date in a four year licensing cycle, a program must be in compliance with the following mid-point requirements and be able to show proof of compliance to the Office when requested, as follows: documentation from an inspector from 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 license 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 application for renewal. Corrected
Jun 17, 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
Apr 29, 2024 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
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.3(o)(2) Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed. Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 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. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.5(n)(2) Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.5(n)(5) All programs that substantially modify, or install new, outside play equipment must do so in accordance with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Public Playground Safety Handbook. Not Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.5(r) An operable flashlight or battery powered lantern must be kept in each classroom. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure. Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.5(aa) The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: handbags, backpacks or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow. Corrected
Mar 13, 2024 418-1.11(i)(12) Garbage receptacles must be covered, and cleaned as needed after emptying. Corrected
Mar 5, 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
Jan 11, 2024 418-1.15(b)(10)(i) The child day care center must admit inspectors and other representatives of the Office onto the grounds and premises at any time during the hours of operation of the center. Inspectors and representatives of the Office must be given free access to the building or buildings used by the center, staff, volunteers and children and any records of the center. Corrected
Dec 14, 2023 418-1.8(k)(3)(i) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children; Corrected
Nov 2, 2023 413.4(d)(6) Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care. Corrected
Nov 2, 2023 418-1.8(l)(8) Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, children under three years of age may not participate in mixed age groups except for limited periods of time at the beginning and end of the child day care center's daily operation. Corrected
Nov 2, 2023 418-1.11(a)(1) No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. Corrected
Nov 2, 2023 418-1.11(a)(3) The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law. Corrected
Nov 2, 2023 418-1.15(c)(6) 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: children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 413.4(d)(6) Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care. Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 418-1.3(d) A temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit must be maintained in all rooms to be occupied by children. Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 418-1.5(a)(1)(i) The program must take suitable precautions to prevent the following: serious injury of a child while in care at the program or being transported by the program; and Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 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. Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 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
Oct 19, 2023 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
Oct 19, 2023 418-1.15(b)(4) The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. Corrected
Oct 19, 2023 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii) 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 injury, Corrected
Aug 14, 2023 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Aug 14, 2023 418-1.3(o)(2) Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed. Corrected
Aug 14, 2023 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
Aug 14, 2023 418-1.5(n)(2) Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location. Not Corrected
Aug 8, 2023 413.2(c)(15) Volunteer means any unpaid person, that is not in the role of a caregiver or staff as defined herein, who is present at the day care program for the purpose of assisting with care of children or the operation of the child care program, and who has the potential for either unsupervised contact or regular and substantial contact with children in care. A volunteer is not employed by the program and he or she may not be counted in the supervision ratio. All volunteers have the potential for either unsupervised contact or regular and substantial contact with children in care. Corrected
Aug 8, 2023 418-1.8(k)(3)(i) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children; Corrected
Jul 18, 2023 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
Jul 18, 2023 418-1.8(k)(3)(i) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children; Corrected
Jul 18, 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
May 25, 2023 418-1.11(h)(1)(i) The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the program to obtain emergency health care for the child; Corrected
May 25, 2023 418-1.15(c)(12) 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: a current daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each staff person and volunteers; Corrected
Apr 27, 2023 418-1.3(l)(6) One of the required sinks will serve as a washbasin for bottles and dishes the other for diaper changing needs and hand washing. Corrected
Apr 27, 2023 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
Apr 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 April, 2020: Yes