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Miss Chris & Miss Joan’s Group Family Day Care Inc.

A group family day care in Hyde Park, New York 12538

845 Violet Ave., Hyde Park, New York 12538. (845) 229-0400.

What New York’s list coversOutside New York City

Programs New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services licenses or registers outside New York City, each county added once it is read in full. Programs in the city’s five boroughs, including the day care centers its Health Department regulates, aren’t here yet.

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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?

11 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 9, 2026.

8 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 17, 2026: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • With the exception of children meeting the criteria of section 416.11(a)(6), children enrolled in child day care must remain current with their immunizations in accordance with the current schedule for required immunizations established in the New York Public Health Law.

    Rule 416.11(a)(7).

Aug 26, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • In hiring caregivers subsequent to issuance of a license, a program: must submit to the Office, prior to the start date the name of any new caregiver and the supporting documentation needed to complete the approval process, including:

    Rule 416.15(b)(11)(ii).

Mar 11, 2024: application - Renewal5 violations
  • The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work.

    Rule 416.11(b)(1)(ii).

  • The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent.

    Rule 416.15(b)(13).

  • The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection an approved health care plan on forms furnished by the Office, as required in section 416.11 of this Part;

    Rule 416.15(c)(2).

  • There must be an operational smoke detector on each floor of the home.

    Rule 416.4(c).

  • Multi-purpose fire extinguishers of a type approved for use in residences must be maintained in good working condition and placed in the kitchen and outside the furnace room. A group family day care program located in a multiple family dwelling is not required to place or maintain a fire extinguisher outside the furnace room of such dwelling. The caregivers must know how to use the fire extinguishers placed in such home. Fire extinguishers with gauges must show a full charge. Fire extinguishers with seals must have unbroken seals.

    Rule 416.4(f).

Jan 31, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
  • The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.

    Rule 416.11(a)(3). From a complaint.

All 12 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 9, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 21, 2026Mid-PointNo violations found
Mar 17, 2026Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Nov 6, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 26, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
Jun 10, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 11, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 8, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
May 21, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Mar 14, 2024Fire Safety - RenewalNo violations found
Mar 11, 2024Application - Renewal5 violations cited
Jan 31, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Apr 4, 2000.
  • School district: Hyde Park.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 31233, issued Apr 4, 2024, expires Apr 3, 2028.
  • Capacity: 16 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Jan 31, 2024Complaint (Unsubstantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated).

Who does the caring?

  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs.

Who owns it?

  • New York’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Doesn’t take part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 206 child care providers in Dutchess County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 8.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 206 in Dutchess County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Gummy Bear Daycare0
Miss Chris & Miss Joan’s Group Family Day Care Inc. This child care provider8
Hyde Park Nursery4
Kinderhaus Montessori School of Hyde Park, Inc.5
Early Bird Childcare26
Mid Hudson Valley Early Education Center8
Healthy Kids Extended Day Program Inc.5
EarlyBird Village & Community LLC35
Mind Builders Daycare0
Healthy Kids Extended Day Program Inc.Not given
Healthy Kids Extended Day Program Inc.Not given
Astor Center @ Mt. Alvernia0

What the record doesn’t say

  • New York doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • New York’s records give the regulation behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • New York’s program pages cover four calendar years; this page shows the last three years.
  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual programs.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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Paid listing

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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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