Options Early Childhood Center, Inc
A day care center in Saugerties, New York 12477
185 Glenerie Blvd, Saugerties, New York 12477. (845) 336-5843.
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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 Oct 24, 2026.
- 10 violations in the last three years
- Aug 62026 the latest visit on record
- 29 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 6, 2026.
10 violations cited in the last three years.
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
10 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Nov 14, 2025: monitoring2 violations
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Child Enrollment Requirements for Children not Enrolled in Kindergarten or a Higher Grade.
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The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.
Sep 25, 2025: monitoring3 violations
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Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care.
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Staff and volunteers 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.
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Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position.
Apr 2, 2025: complaint investigation3 violations
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A program may admit any child not yet immunized provided the child’s immunizations are in process and the parent gives the program specific appointment dates for required immunizations in accordance with the requirements of New York Public Health Law.
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The provisions specified on the license are binding and the child day care center must operate in compliance with the terms of the license. The number and age range of children specified thereon are the maximum number and age range of children who may be in the care of the child day care center at any one time.
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There must be a director, group teacher or assistant teacher supervising all applicants, volunteers and persons in the process of approval.
May 17, 2024: application - Renewal1 violation
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A group teacher, meeting the qualifications of section 418-1.13, is required for every group of children.
Feb 15, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
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Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position.
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Monitoring | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 3 violations cited |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 17, 2024 | Application - Renewal | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since May 11, 1992.
- School district: Kingston.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 8 Infants, 12 Toddlers, 9 Preschoolers.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 41309, issued May 11, 2024, expires May 10, 2028.
- Capacity: 29 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 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 (Substantiated) (1).
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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2025 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 115 child care providers in Ulster County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 10.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Heidi’s House Daycare | 0 |
| Daniels, Cheri | 0 |
| Options Early Childhood Center, Inc This child care provider | 10 |
| Wolf’s Day Care Center | 6 |
| Kingston Boys and Girls Club, Inc. | 8 |
| Mother Goose of Saugerties | 0 |
| Marys Little Lambs | 6 |
| Peterson, Denise | 1 |
| Laugh N Play | 3 |
| Mountaintop, LLC | 4 |
| Mountaintop Waldorf,LLC | 1 |
| Saugerties Early Childhood Learning Center Inc | 2 |
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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 20, 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 Oct 24, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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