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Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Program - Stamford

A child care center in Stamford, Connecticut 06905

430 High Ridge Rd, Stamford, Connecticut 06905. (203) 595-5500.

Connecticut’s own record, on elicense.ct.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Connecticut Office of Early Childhood on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 5 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

5 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Mar 23, 2026.

5 violations cited in the last three years, 3 of them in investigations.

Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations and Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

5 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 1, 2025: investigation (complaint)1 violation

  • Ensuring the safety & health of children: The operator of the child care center or group child care home shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and applicable endorsements in such a manner as to ensure the safety, health and development of the children while in the operator’s care.

    Rule 19a-79-3a(a). From a complaint.

Aug 20, 2025: investigation (self-reported)2 violations

  • Policies- complete, implemented: The operator shall implement and annually review specific written policies, plans and procedures that include, but not necessarily be limited to discipline, when a child is not picked up as planned, multi-hazard and medical emergencies, supervision of children, general operating policies, administrative oversight and personnel policies. The operator shall notify the parent(s), staff and the Office of Early Childhood within five (5) days of changes in these policies, plans and procedures.

    Rule 19a-79-3a(d)(2)-(7).

  • Supervision: Children shall be supervised at all times while at the facility, indoors or outdoors, or on field trips. At no time shall a child be left unsupervised.

    Rule 19a-79-4a(d)(4)(D).

May 27, 2025: unannounced inspection (full)1 violation

  • Licensed premises-clean, good repair, hazard free-maintenance program: For programs serving children younger than school age, the building, equipment and furnishings shall be maintained in a good state of repair. A maintenance program shall be established that ensures that the interior, exterior and grounds of the building are maintained, kept clean and orderly, free from accumulations of refuse, dampness, stagnant water, dilapidated structures and other health and safety hazards.

    Rule 19a-79-7a(c)(2).

Jun 3, 2024: unannounced inspection (full)1 violation

  • Oral/Topical/Inhalant/Injectable Medications: Labeling/Storage: Medication shall be stored in the original child-resistant safety container and appropriately labeled. Medication shall be stored in a locked area or a locked container in a refrigerator in keeping with the label directions away from food and inaccessible to children. Controlled drugs shall be stored in accordance with state law. Equipment and medications prescribed to treat asthma, administer glucagons, or as an emergent first line of defense medication against an allergic response shall be stored in a safe manner, inaccessible to other children, to allow for quick access in an emergency.

    Rule 19a-79-9a(b)(5).

All 7 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 23, 2026Unannounced inspection (full)No violations cited
Dec 1, 2025Unannounced inspection (partial)No violations cited
Nov 25, 2025Investigation (complaint)1 violation cited
Aug 20, 2025Investigation (self-reported)2 violations cited
May 27, 2025Unannounced inspection (full)Status: Opened
May 27, 2025Unannounced inspection (full)1 violation cited
Jun 3, 2024Unannounced inspection (full)1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, first licensed Sep 12, 2011.
  • Licensed for ages 6 weeks to 5 years.
  • Connecticut’s licence classes: Under 3 years, Preschool, School age.
  • Licence DCCC.70026, valid Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2027.
  • Capacity: 77 children (58 under 3).
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Program Data. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Connecticut acted against it?

  • 2 investigations in the last three years: 1 from complaints, 1 self-reported.
  • How they were resolved, in Connecticut’s words: Corrective Action Plan (2).
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Connecticut doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.

Who owns it?

  • Connecticut’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Connecticut’s licensing data has no quality rating.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 891 child care providers in Fairfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 5.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 891 in Fairfield County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Baby Cottage9
Jcc Child Care Programs35
First United Methodist Nursery School13
Education Station at the Ic9
First Pre Church Nur Sch & Creative Learning@ Fpc11
Davco Activities Program1
Shiny Little Stars4
Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Program - Stamford This child care provider5
Glenbrook Learning Center26
Mater Salvatoris College Preparatory School19
Sunrise Child Development Center10
Gan Yeladim of Stamford21

What the record doesn’t say

  • Connecticut doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • Connecticut’s open data gives the rule behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • Connecticut doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated, only how each investigation was resolved.
  • Connecticut doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
  • This page shows Connecticut’s records from the last three years; its open data goes back to 2005.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. Connecticut’s own record is on elicense.ct.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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