Happy Kids Day Care Center
A day care center in Castleton, New York 12033
1150 Maple Hill Rd, Castleton, New York 12033. (518) 732-4569.
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 5, 2026.
- 11 violations in the last three years
- Aug 252026 the latest visit on record
- 40 children, its licensed capacity
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?
12 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 25, 2026.
11 violations cited in the last three years.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
11 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 3, 2026: self-Report1 violation
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The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury,
Nov 21, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.
Jul 15, 2025: monitoring3 violations
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The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program’s health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children’s individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child’s medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.
Apr 30, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
Jan 23, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
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All containers or bottles of, breast milk, formula or other individualized food items must be clearly marked with the child’s complete name.
Jun 26, 2024: monitoring2 violations
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All containers or bottles of, breast milk, formula or other individualized food items must be clearly marked with the child’s complete name.
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The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children’s safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program.
Feb 7, 2024: annual Unannounced2 violations
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The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program’s health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:
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All containers or bottles of, breast milk, formula or other individualized food items must be clearly marked with the child’s complete name.
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Self-Report | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Monitoring | 3 violations cited |
| May 15, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Mar 1, 1991.
- School district: Schodack.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 8 Infants, 12 Toddlers, 20 Preschoolers.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 40139, issued Mar 1, 2023, expires Feb 28, 2027.
- Capacity: 40 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Has New York acted against it?
- No complaints in the last three years.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 97 child care providers in Rensselaer County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 11.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Happy Kids Day Care Center This child care provider | 11 |
| Greenbush Child Caring, Inc. | 3 |
| STORY PLACE PRESCHOOL, INC | 2 |
| FAMILIA KINDERCARE LLC | 0 |
| The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Capital District | 2 |
| TSL Adventures, LLC | 0 |
| Faculty-Student Assoc. of HVCC, Inc. | 2 |
| CEO-Community Resource Center | 14 |
| Learning Bear Day Care | 3 |
| Tutor Time Learning Centers, LLC | 40 |
| Koala-T-Daycare | 0 |
| Aleschus, Sharrise | 0 |
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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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs (cb42-qumz).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: New York State Office of Children and Family Services. New York’s own record is on hs.ocfs.ny.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
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
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Paid listing
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