Hearth Record

North Country Kids

A day care center in Plattsburgh, New York 12903

22 New York Road, Plattsburgh, New York 12903. (518) 561-3803.

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.

New York’s own record, on hs.ocfs.ny.gov

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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 9 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 28, 2026.

9 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

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

9 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 1, 2026: fire Safety - Renewal2 violations
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 418-1.4(a).

  • Trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored in the furnace room or in rooms or outdoor areas adjacent to the facility that are ordinarily occupied by or accessible to children.

    Rule 418-1.4(g).

Jun 1, 2026: application - Renewal4 violations
  • The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.

    Rule 418-1.11(a)(3).

  • The initial medical statement for staff and volunteers must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application.

    Rule 418-1.11(b)(6).

  • The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the program to obtain emergency health care for the child;

    Rule 418-1.11(h)(1)(i).

  • To be qualified as an assistant teacher to any age class, a person must possess either:

    Rule 418-1.13(g)(5).

Nov 4, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • 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:

    Rule 418-1.11(c)(1).

Mar 31, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: handbags, backpacks or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow.

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

Jul 22, 2024: documentation Review1 violation
  • Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions:

    Rule 418-1.14(c).

All 13 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 28, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 1, 2026Application - Renewal4 violations cited
Jun 1, 2026Fire Safety - Renewal2 violations cited
Mar 30, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 4, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
Sep 15, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 15, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 31, 2025Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Nov 19, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 16, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 22, 2024Documentation Review1 violation cited
Jun 24, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 19, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Jun 8, 2012.
  • School district: Plattsburgh.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 60 Preschoolers.
  • Approved by New York to give medication.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 567684, issued Jun 8, 2026, expires Jun 7, 2030.
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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • No complaints in the last three years.
Source:

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 2, 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.
Source:

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 86 child care providers in Clinton County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 9.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 86 in Clinton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Plattsburgh YMCA Bright Beginnings32
North Country Kids This child care provider9
North Country Kids, Inc.4
Kezar, Vickie0
Desautels, Tracey0
Norcross, Kimberly1
Baker, Joyce7
Duquette, Mary0
Senecal, Kim1
Gowett, Susan8
Little Saints Preschool, LLC10
Saranac Pals5

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

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.

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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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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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.

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

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