Program Name: ACDS, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 891924


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Richard J. Scotti Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Pelham
Site Address: Map
575 Fowler Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803
First Licensed/Registration Date: Dec 21, 2022
Current Registration Period: Dec 21, 2022 - Dec 20, 2026 		Phone: (914) 810-2237
Fax:
Total Capacity: 149
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 149
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 10/22/2025 3:51:08 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 23
-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: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400
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 13, 2026 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2026-I-YRO-021939 Violations Found
Jan 30, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-YRO-012055 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 19, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-YRO-121335 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 2, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-YRO-084661 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 6, 2025 Mid-Point 2024-I-YRO-114998 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 3, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-YRO-013782 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 23, 2025 Fire Safety - Other 2025-I-YRO-019788 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 13, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-YRO-113427 Violations Found
Oct 17, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-101638 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 5, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-YRO-077999 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: Feb 13, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Feb 13, 2026 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
Dec 13, 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
Dec 13, 2024 418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. Corrected
Dec 13, 2024 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
Dec 13, 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: Westchester Regional Office
Phone: (845) 708-2400
 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, 2021: None