Program Name: Academic Explorers, LLC    License/Registration ID: 784998


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Alicia C. Alvaranga Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Roosevelt
Site Address: Map
18 Whitehouse Avenue, Roosevelt, NY 11575
First Licensed/Registration Date: Mar 30, 2017
Current Registration Period: Mar 30, 2023 - Mar 29, 2027 		Phone: (516) 378-5656
Fax: (516) 868-5631
Total Capacity: 78
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 12
-Preschool: 30
-School-Age: 28
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 facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
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  
Dec 15, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-119219 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 7, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-LIRO-114503 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Outside of Program Operating Hours
Apr 11, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-009419 Violations Found
Oct 28, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-LIRO-102772 Violations Found
Oct 22, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-102429 Violations Found
Jun 4, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-050052 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: Dec 15, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Apr 11, 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
Oct 28, 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
Oct 22, 2024 418-1.4(h) The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately. Corrected
Jun 4, 2024 418-1.8(k)(4)(ii) for 3-year-old children: the maximum group size is eighteen children. Corrected
Jun 4, 2024 418-1.11(b)(1) Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: Corrected
Jun 4, 2024 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. Corrected
Jun 4, 2024 418-1.12(d) Food must be prepared and stored in a safe and sanitary manner and served at appropriate intervals. Corrected
Jun 4, 2024 418-1.13(b)(3) 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: a sworn statement by the applicant indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, such applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction and fingerprint images as required to comply with the requirements of 413.4 of this Title; 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: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
 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 April, 2021: None