Description: Higgins, Danielle is a Group Family Day Care in Chittenango NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2026-I-SRO-055116 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.7(o)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The resting/napping places must: be located in safe areas of the home; | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.8(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.13(a)(3) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being; | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.15(b)(13) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.7(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children may not sleep or nap in car seats, baby swings, strollers, infant seats or bouncy seats. Should a child fall asleep in one of these devices, he or she must be moved to a crib/cot or other approved sleeping surface. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.7(m) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Sleeping arrangements for infants through 12 months of age require that the infant be placed flat on his or her back to sleep, unless medical information from the child's health care provider is presented to the program by the parent that shows that arrangement is inappropriate for that child. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.7(n) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.7(o)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The resting/napping places must: be located in approved day care space; | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.5(n)(5) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: There must be a cushioned surface under all outside play equipment that present a fall hazard. Surfacing may not include concrete, asphalt, grass or hard compacted dirt. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.5(w) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The use of trampolines by day care children is prohibited, except for small one-person exercise trampolines. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2026-06-04 | Violation | 416.5(n)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Play equipment must be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location. | |||
| 2022-07-12 | Violation | 417.10(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, caregivers must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when the caregiver has reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as caregiver in a family day care is an abused or maltreated child. Such report must be 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. | |||
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