Description: Lema, Gicela is a Group Family Day Care in Astoria 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.
Additional Information: Initial License Date: 9/4/2012; This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; This facility is authorized to administer medications;Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-056240 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-06-10 | 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. | |||
| 2026-06-10 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance. | |||
| 2026-06-10 | Violation | 416.11(b)(7) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must retain on file in the program a medical statement, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, from a health care provider for each person residing in the home. | |||
| 2026-06-10 | Violation | 416.12(n) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made. | |||
| 2026-06-10 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review, | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2026-I-NYCDOH-034389 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.7(l) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part. | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.11(b)(7) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must retain on file in the program a medical statement, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, from a health care provider for each person residing in the home. | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.11(h)(1)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the provider or other caregivers to obtain emergency health care for the child; | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.13(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Title. | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: the forms necessary to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law, | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review, | |||
| 2026-04-29 | Violation | 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: a sworn statement indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, he or she has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction | |||
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