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Carmen Fiore

A family child care home in Plainfield, Connecticut 06374

589 Plainfield Pike, Plainfield, Connecticut 06374. (860) 634-8402.

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The short answer

Record last released by Connecticut Office of Early Childhood on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 16 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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?

7 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Feb 9, 2026.

16 violations cited in the last three years.

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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

16 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

16 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 19, 2025: unannounced inspection (full)8 violations
  • Immunizations: For each child enrolled, the provider shall maintain on file a complete immunization record.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(b)(2)(A)(v) and/or 19a-87b-10(l).

  • Authorized Release: For each child enrolled, the provider shall have on file and shall keep updated the parent’s written permission and instructions specifying the name, address and telephone numbers of persons permitted to remove the child from the family child care home on behalf of the parent.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(b)(3)(A).

  • Individual Plan of Care: The provider shall maintain in the family child care home a written individual plan of care for each child with disabilities or special health care needs who requires special care be taken or provided while the child is at the family child care home. Such plan shall be developed with the child�s parent(s) and health care provider at intake, implemented and updated as necessary. Such plan shall include appropriate care of the child in the event of a medical or other emergency and shall be signed by the provider, parent(s) and any approved staff members responsible for the care of the child.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(d)(3).

  • Diaper Changing: Frequent/Sanitary/Hand Washing/Waste Disposal: The provider shall change a child�s diapers frequently for the child’s comfort. The hands of the provider and child shall be washed with soap and water after each diaper change. Each diapering surface shall be nonporous and disinfected after each use. Waste materials shall be disposed of in a sanitary manner out of the reach of children.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(g).

  • Policies and Procedures for Adm of Meds: If the provider administers medications of any kind, they shall have written policies and procedures at the family child care home governing the administration of medications.

    Rule 19a-87b-17.

  • Freedom of Hazards: The facility and equipment shall be in good repair, and reasonably free from anything that may be potentially dangerous to children.

    Rule 19a-87b-9(b).

  • Body of Water: When there is a swimming pool or any other bodies of water at the facility or near enough to the facility to attract or be accessible to children at any time of the year, there shall be a sturdy fence or barrier, four (4) feet high or higher, which totally and effectively bars access to the water by the children. All entries and exits through such fence or barrier shall have self-closing, self-latching devices or locks. When an outside wall of the facility that serves as one side of the fence or barrier to the body of water has a doorway, such doorway shall remain locked. Shallow wading pools that are not fenced shall be emptied after each use and shall not collect water. Decorative ponds, fish ponds, fountains or similar bodies of water that do not have a fence or barrier, shall be completely covered with childproofing grate or other barrier to prevent access to children.

    Rule 19a-87b-9(f)(2) and/or 19a-87b-9(f)(4).

  • First Aid Supplies: The provider shall have at least one portable, readily accessible first aid kit where children are in care, including field trips. Each kit shall be a closed container for storing first aid supplies, accessible to the provider and substitute at all times but out of the reach of children. First aid kits shall contain required supplies and shall be restocked after use.

    Rule 19a-87b-9(m) and/or 19a-87b-9(n).

Feb 6, 2024: unannounced inspection (full)8 violations
  • Flexible and Balanced Schedule: The provider shall develop and implement a written schedule that is flexible, with time for free choice play, outdoor play, snacks, meals and a rest period.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(c)(4).

  • Reqts for Sleeping Arrangements Posted/Discussed: The provider shall post in a conspicuous place in the family child care home the requirements pertaining to sleep arrangements and discuss with the child�s parent(s) the requirements prior to enrollment and reviewed as needed during the period of the child�s enrollment.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(f)(8).

  • Dev. Milestones: The provider shall post a copy of the developmental milestones document developed by the Office of Early Childhood in a conspicuous place at the program.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(h)(10).

  • Supervision-At All Times, Indoors/Outdoors: The provider shall be responsible for the supervision of the children at all times indoors, outdoors or on excursions. The provider shall be either indoors or outdoors with all children in care unless an approved staff is present to supervise.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(i).

  • Written Authorized Prescriber/Parent Permission: Except for nonprescription topical medications, no medication, prescription or nonprescription, shall be administered to a child without the written order of an authorized prescriber and the written permission of the child�s parent(s) which shall be on file at the family child care home. The medication shall be administered only in accordance with the written order of the authorized prescriber and shall not administer the first dose of any medication, except in an emergency.

    Rule 19a-87b-17(b)(3).

  • Emergency Evacuation Drills-Quarterly: The provider and staff shall be periodically instructed and kept informed of their duties under the plan and shall practice at least quarterly an emergency evacuation drill. A written log of the practiced drills shall be maintained at the family child care home for one year.

    Rule 19a-87b-9(d)(5).

  • First Aid Supplies: The provider shall have at least one portable, readily accessible first aid kit where children are in care, including field trips. Each kit shall be a closed container for storing first aid supplies, accessible to the provider and substitute at all times but out of the reach of children. First aid kits shall contain required supplies and shall be restocked after use.

    Rule 19a-87b-9(m) and/or 19a-87b-9(n).

  • Pets: The provider shall be responsible for protecting the health and safety of the children from household pets and other animals at the facility. Animal waste shall be kept inaccessible to children. The provider shall develop and implement a written plan to keep any animal kept at the facility inaccessible to the children if the animal is known to be dangerous or aggressive. A current rabies vaccination certificate shall be kept on file at the family child care home for each dog and cat over fourteen (14) weeks of age. The provider shall be responsible for maintaining any animal kept at the facility in accordance with all applicable local and state laws and to have such documentation on file.

    Rule 19a-87b-9(o).

All 7 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 9, 2026Unannounced inspection (full)No violations cited
Jul 7, 2025Unannounced inspection (partial)No violations cited
May 2, 2025Follow-up visitNo violations cited
Mar 19, 2025Unannounced inspection (full)8 violations cited
May 2, 2024Unannounced inspection (full)No violations cited
Feb 14, 2024Follow-up visitNo violations cited
Feb 6, 2024Unannounced inspection (full)8 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Family Child Care Home, first licensed Apr 30, 2019.
  • Licence DCFH.57186, valid May 1, 2023 to Apr 30, 2027.
  • Capacity: 6 children, plus 3 of school age.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Program Data. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Connecticut acted against it?

  • No investigations in the last three years.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations and Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections. Released Oct 30, 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 90 child care providers in Windham County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 16.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

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 30, 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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