Program Name: Childhood Friends, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 921308


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Alison A. Cozzolino Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Shenendehowa
Site Address: Map
1406 Route 9, B/C Floor, Halfmoon, NY 12065
First Licensed/Registration Date: Aug 22, 2024
Current Registration Period: Aug 22, 2024 - Aug 21, 2028 		Phone: (518) 281-6187
Fax:
Total Capacity: 88
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 24
-Preschool: 36
-School-Age: 20
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 3/6/2025 11:52:51 AM
-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 since Aug 22, 2024)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Apr 24, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-ARO-035295 Violations Found
Apr 10, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-031055 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 8, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-016525 Violations Found
Oct 3, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-ARO-081684 No violations cited for this Inspection
*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 24, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Apr 24, 2025 413.4(a) The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home: Corrected
Apr 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. Corrected
Apr 24, 2025 418-1.11(b)(11) Smoking in indoor or outdoor areas in use by children and in vehicles when children are occupying the vehicles is prohibited. Corrected
Apr 24, 2025 418-1.15(b)(4) The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. Corrected
Apr 24, 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
Jan 8, 2025 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
*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
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, 2020: None