Hearth Record

Livingston Street Early Childhood Community, Inc.

A day care center in Kingston, New York 12401

20-22 Livingston Street, Kingston, New York 12401. (845) 340-9900.

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 12 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

14 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 28, 2026.

12 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

12 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

12 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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.

Jul 28, 2026: monitoring2 violations
  • Staff who will be responsible for administering medications must receive training in the methods of administering medications prior to administering any medications in a child day care setting. Upon completion of the training, the staff must receive a written certificate from the trainer that indicates that the trainee has successfully completed this training, as required, and demonstrated competency in the administration of medications in a day care setting.

    Rule 418-1.11(e)(2).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.

    Rule 418-1.4(b)(1).

Apr 16, 2026: monitoring2 violations
  • Garbage receptacles must be covered, and cleaned as needed after emptying.

    Rule 418-1.11(i)(12). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 418-1.5(a). Corrected during the inspection.

Feb 18, 2026: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • 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.

    Rule 418-1.11(b)(1)(ii).

Sep 4, 2025: self-Report3 violations
  • All staff and volunteers of the child day care center must be familiar with the Office regulations and policies governing such programs, and the child care center’s policies. Such regulations and policies must be readily accessible to staff and volunteers for reference purposes.

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(13).

  • 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 incident,

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii).

  • The program must take suitable precautions to prevent the following: serious injury of a child while in care at the program or being transported by the program; and

    Rule 418-1.5(a)(1)(i).

May 12, 2025: other1 violation
  • Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location.

    Rule 418-1.5(n)(2).

May 12, 2025: complaint investigation3 violations
  • Toilet facilities must be kept clean at all times, and must be supplied with toilet paper, soap and towels accessible to the children.

    Rule 418-1.11(i)(18)(i). From a complaint.

  • Staff and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.

    Rule 418-1.11(i)(2). From a complaint.

  • Convenient, adequate and sanitary toilet facilities must be provided for the children in a separate, properly ventilated room readily accessible to children.

    Rule 418-1.3(l)(1). From a complaint.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 28, 2026Monitoring2 violations cited
Apr 16, 2026Monitoring2 violations cited
Feb 18, 2026Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Dec 10, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 4, 2025Self-Report3 violations cited
Aug 14, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 5, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
May 12, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 3 violations cited
May 12, 2025Other1 violation cited
Apr 30, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 16, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jan 16, 2025No Approved DirectorNo violations found
Oct 2, 2024Application - RenewalNo violations found
Jun 18, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 31, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Nov 1, 2010.
  • School district: Kingston.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 37 Preschoolers.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 466520, issued Nov 1, 2024, expires Oct 31, 2028.
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 (Substantiated) (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
May 12, 2025Complaint (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.
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 115 child care providers in Ulster County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 12.
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 115 in Ulster County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
UCCAC Inc. Children’s Learning Center1
Amarello, Michele2
Mertes, Sheri3
Mi Casita6
Smith, Cheryl10
Aunt Jenn’s Early Learning Center, Inc.8
The Young Women’s Christian Association of Ulster County, Inc.35
Livingston Street Early Childhood Community, Inc. This child care provider12
Bevier, Sharline1
Agri Business Child Development3
The Montessori School of Kingston INC.7
YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, Inc.10

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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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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