Hearth Record

Monica Elizabeth Samaniego

A family child care home in Danbury, Connecticut 06810

5 1st St # 2, Danbury, Connecticut 06810. (203) 528-2131.

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

Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Connecticut’s own record is on elicense.ct.gov.

The short answer

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

The last 24 months 15 violations in 3 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?

7 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Dec 15, 2025.

15 violations cited in the last three years.

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

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

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

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 15, 2025: unannounced inspection (full)6 violations

  • Enrollment Form: For each child enrolled, the provider shall maintain on file a current and complete enrollment form. This form shall be kept for one year after a child ceases to be enrolled in the family child care home.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(b)(1).

  • Child Health Record: The provider shall have a complete and current general health record on file when the child begins attending the family child care home, signed and dated by a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. These records shall be returned to the parent when the child is withdrawn from the family child care home.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(b)(2).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

Oct 7, 2024: follow-up visit3 violations

  • Infant Care: Individual Attention/Held for Bottle Feedings: The provider shall allow infants to crawl or toddle, shall hold them for bottle feedings and at other times while at the family child care home, and shall give them individual attention, and verbal communication.

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

  • Personal Schedule-Alert/Competent Attention: The provider’s personal schedule shall ensure that the provider has sufficient rest for alert and competent attention to the children receiving family child care services.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(i)(1).

  • Infant/Toddler Restriction: The provider shall care for no more than two (2) children under the age of eighteen months at one time, including the provider�s own children, except that the provider may care for up to six (6) children under the age of eighteen months when an approved assistant is present and assisting the provider.

    Rule 19a-87b-5(e).

Oct 2, 2024: follow-up visit3 violations

  • Capacity: The provider shall maintain the family child care home within the registered capacity.

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

  • Enrollment Form: For each child enrolled, the provider shall maintain on file a current and complete enrollment form. This form shall be kept for one year after a child ceases to be enrolled in the family child care home.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(b)(1).

  • Crib or other Provision Free from Observable Hazards: No potentially hazardous items shall be placed with an infant in a crib or hung over the side of a crib or other piece of equipment designed for sleeping except for a pacifier without attachments. Bibs and garments with ties or hooks shall be removed from infants that are placed to sleep. No toys or objects shall be attached to sleeping or rest equipment. No child under three years of age shall have access to teething necklaces, teething bracelets or other jewelry that could present a choking or strangulation hazard.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(f)(3) and/or 19a-87b-10(f)(7).

Sep 30, 2024: unannounced inspection (full)3 violations

  • Meeting the Child’s Needs: The provider is responsible for ensuring that the physical needs of the children are adequately met while receiving family child care services.

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

  • Proper Rest Provisions/Safe Cribs: There shall be an individual bed, cot, mat or other provision intended for each child for napping or resting which is age appropriate, comfortable, clean, safe, and allows for minimal disturbance. Children shall nap or rest on such bed, cot, mat or other provision. All cribs shall comply with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission crib standards.

    Rule 19a-87b-10(c)(5).

  • 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).

All 7 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Dec 15, 2025Unannounced inspection (full)6 violations cited
Jan 14, 2025Unannounced inspection (partial)No violations cited
Dec 9, 2024Follow-up visitNo violations cited
Oct 10, 2024Follow-up visitNo violations cited
Oct 7, 2024Follow-up visit3 violations cited
Oct 2, 2024Follow-up visit3 violations cited
Sep 30, 2024Unannounced inspection (full)3 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Family Child Care Home, first licensed Nov 2, 2023.
  • Licence DCFH.57922, valid Nov 2, 2023 to Nov 30, 2027.
  • Capacity: 6 children, plus 3 of school age.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Program Data. Released Nov 5, 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. 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 15.
Source:

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

12 of the 891 in Fairfield County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Monica Elizabeth Samaniego This child care provider15
Sandbox Too!27
Hudson Country Montessori School28
Danbury Public School Readiness Program13
Right Place8
Action Early Learning Center14
Interfaith Early Learning Center11
Little People Learning Center34
Cifc/Hsnfc Head Start Program15
The Goddard School - Danbury18
Cifc/Hsnfc Early Head Start Program - 80 Main15
Twinkle Little Star Learning Center27
Park Avenue Early Childhood Center4

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.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

1 of 4

Every fact names its source.

Who published it, when, and how often it changes sit beside each fact, with a link to the agency’s own file.

Sign in

A free account keeps your watch list, shortlists, comparisons and saved searches on every device, and can email you when something you watch changes. Browsing never needs one.