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A child care center in Canaan, Connecticut 06018

90 Pease St, Canaan, Connecticut 06018. (860) 824-5149.

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 Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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?

1 inspection in the last three years, the latest on Jun 16, 2026.

7 violations cited in the last three years, 2 of them in investigations.

Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations and Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

7 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

7 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 16, 2026: unannounced inspection (full)5 violations

  • Designated Head teacher approved- 60%: When a program serves school age children only, the designated head teacher shall be on site for sixty percent of the time the child care center or group child care home is in operation on a weekly basis. The head teacher shall be approved by the Office.

    Rule 19a-79-11(g).

  • Employee orientation for new program staff: The operator shall require participation by new program staff in employee orientation.

    Rule 19a-79-3a(b)(6).

  • Postings: The operator shall post the following items in a conspicuous place, accessible to the public: the license, the OEC complaint procedure, menus, No Smoking signs, the plan for administrative oversight, the radon test, the OEC Inspection report (posted or available), the safe sleep policy and the OEC Developmental Milestones document.

    Rule 19a-79-3a(d)6)(C), (e)(1-6), 7a(e)(17), 10(g)(8).

  • Staff Health Records: A file shall be kept on the licensed premises for each employee of the child care center or group child care home which shall include an acceptable medical statement, completed within 12 months before the date of employment for new program staff, and every 36 months for current program staff. Such statement shall document the presence of any known medical or emotional illness or disorder that would currently pose a risk to children.

    Rule 19a-79-4a(a)(1).

  • Individual care plan- signed by parents/staff: An individual plan of care for any child with special health care needs or disabilities when it is necessary that special care be taken or provided while a child is in attendance shall be developed and implemented with the child’s parent(s) and health care provider and updated, as necessary. The plan shall include appropriate care of the child to prevent and respond to a medical or other emergency and shall be signed by the parent and program staff responsible for the care of the child.

    Rule 19a-79-5a(a)(2)(E).

Apr 29, 2026: investigation (self-reported)2 violations

  • Child behavior management: The operator and program staff shall manage child behavior using techniques based on developmentally appropriate practice, including positive guidance, redirection and setting clear limits that encourage children to develop self-control, self-discipline and positive self-esteem and communicate acceptable techniques to all staff.

    Rule 19a-79-3a(b)(7)(A).

  • 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).

All 2 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 16, 2026Unannounced inspection (full)5 violations cited
Apr 21, 2026Investigation (self-reported)2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, first licensed Jun 3, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages 5 years to 12 years.
  • Connecticut’s licence classes: School age.
  • Licence DCCC.70837, valid Jun 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2029.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Program Data. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Connecticut acted against it?

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

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations and Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections. Released Oct 24, 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 101 child care providers in Litchfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 7.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 101 in Litchfield County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Canaan Child Care Center20
Aha! This child care provider7
Tlc Learning Center and Day Care37
Extras38
Kent Community Nursery School6
Hilltop Christian Early Learning Center18
Brooker Memorial Child Care & Learning Center14
Cynthia White Children’s Center11
Northwest Ct YMCA Child Care18
Children’s Center of New Milford17
School on the Green Litchfield4
Sharon Day Care Center14

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 Oct 24, 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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