Mercy Cares for Kids - Albany NY Day Care Center

310 S Manning Blvd , Albany NY 12208
(518) 525-5437
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Mercy Cares For Kids is a nationally recognized Early Childhood Program accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). We are proud to offer a high quality Early Childhood Program especially created to meet the physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs of children ages six weeks to five years. In the long-standing tradition of St. Peter's Health Care Services, Mercy Cares For Kids is committed to excellence.

Additional Information: This facility is authorized to administer medications;Initial License Date: 12/1/1989;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 39202
  • Capacity: 139
  • Age Range: -Infants: 16 -Toddlers: 58 -Preschool: 65 -School-Age: 0
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Schools Served: Albany School District
  • Initial License Issue Date: 1989-12-01
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-12-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2027-11-30
  • District Office: Albany Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (518) 402-3038 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2026-03-24 Annual Unannounced Annual Unannounced 2026-I-ARO-000734
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2025-12-05 Self-Report Self-Report 2025-I-ARO-118550
Brief Description: Violations Found
2025-09-29 Monitoring Monitoring 2025-I-ARO-102082
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2025-06-13 Serious Injury Serious Injury 2025-I-ARO-046898
Brief Description: Violations Found
2025-03-12 Annual Unannounced Annual Unannounced 2025-I-ARO-001534
Brief Description: Violations Found
2024-12-18 Monitoring Monitoring 2024-I-ARO-114387
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2024-07-08 Serious Injury Serious Injury 2024-I-ARO-069963
Brief Description: Violations Found
2022-03-04 Violation 418-1.4(f) Corrected
Brief Description: Adequate means of egress must be provided. Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress to other floors, in the case of fire-resistant buildings, and to the outside in the case of non-fire-resistant buildings.
2022-03-04 Violation 418-1.12(k) Corrected
Brief Description: Perishable food and liquids including but not limited to, milk, breast milk and infant formula must be refrigerated.

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Reviews

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Elaine West 2019-08-22 17:08:22
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

Our family is incredibly thankful to have this daycare facility for our children. My husband and I both work full time and finding excellent caregivers that could help us raise our children was important to us. There are several aspects of this daycare that make it fun and educational for children and convenient for parents (and I will list them), but after having our three children go through MFCK starting from infancy we have found that the best things about this daycare are the way they run the facility to put the best interest of the children first and their impressive ability to hire teachers that genuinely love our children and are excellent role models for them. The building has a warm welcoming environment and our children look forward to their days there. The things that we love about this daycare include (1) higher than normal adult to child ratio in infant room because of the volunteer program they have for a specially selected “grandma” to come in and help hold and rock babies during the day, (2) three beautifully designed playground areas for children of different ages, (3) program for preschoolers to periodically interact with children in a nearby special needs school, (4) program for preschoolers to periodically visit nearby nursing home and do activities with the seniors, (5) flexible pick up and drop off hours, (6) nutritionist designed menu for children with food provided so no need to pack lunches, (7) extremely rare to close on snow days due to association with hospital, (8) excellent special event planning for children, (9) the way they move all the children up to the next room together every year so they stay with a familiar group of friends. This isn’t the easiest daycare to get in to, but the peace of mind you will have knowing that your children are in a safe, secure, loving, and fun environment is worth the extra effort to get in. The cost of the child care is also very reasonable, especially considering the dedication of the teachers, inclusion of meals and snacks, cleanliness of the facilities, and quality of the educational programming.

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