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A group family day care in Fonda, New York 12068

137 Getman Road, Fonda, New York 12068. (518) 545-7928.

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 Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 15 violations in 4 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?

6 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 9, 2026.

15 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

15 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

15 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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.

Jul 31, 2026: monitoring9 violations
  • a criminal history record check with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services;

    Rule 413.4(a)(1).

  • a national criminal record check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

    Rule 413.4(a)(2).

  • a search of the New York State Sex Offender Registry; and

    Rule 413.4(a)(3).

  • a database check of the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment in accordance with section four hundred twenty-four-a of the Social Services Law.

    Rule 413.4(a)(4).

  • 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:

    Rule 416.11(b)(1).

  • Before the Office issues an initial license, the applicant must complete a health and safety training course approved by the Office relating to the protection of the health and safety of children and must demonstrate basic competency with regard to health and safety standards. Such training must comply with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements. Health and safety training received prior to issuance of the license, may be applied to the initial fifteen (15) hours of training required pursuant to section 416.14(c)(1) of this Part provided that such training was received within twelve (12) months of licensure. If an applicant does not become licensed or registered within two years of successfully completing the health and safety training, the coursework must be repeated.

    Rule 416.14(b).

  • All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program’s operating hours.

    Rule 416.14(m).

  • No person other than a caregiver may have unsupervised contact with a child in care at the program.

    Rule 416.15(b)(20).

  • Only approved caregivers may be left unsupervised with day care children.

    Rule 416.8(d).

Aug 15, 2025: complaint investigation4 violations
  • The parent of any child receiving group family day care must have: unlimited and on demand access to such child;

    Rule 416.15(b)(8)(i). From a complaint.

  • The Licensee must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a caregiver.

    Rule 416.6(a). From a complaint.

  • Parents must be informed of and agree to a transportation plan.

    Rule 416.6(c). From a complaint.

  • Parents whose children receive transportation services must receive, at the time of enrollment of their children, a copy of the program’s transportation plan. If the plan is amended, parents must receive a copy of the amended plan prior to its start date.

    Rule 416.6(j). From a complaint.

Apr 11, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • Training must address all topics or subject matters required by state and federal law. The required state topics are:

    Rule 416.14(f).

Dec 31, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • The premises must be kept clean and free from dampness, odors and the accumulation of trash.

    Rule 416.11(i)(22).

All 7 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 9, 2026Self-ReportNo violations found
Jul 31, 2026Monitoring9 violations cited
Mar 31, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 16, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 15, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 4 violations cited
Apr 11, 2025Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Dec 31, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Jan 12, 1993.
  • School district: Fonda-Fultonville.
  • 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 6265, issued Jan 12, 2023, expires Jan 11, 2027.
  • Capacity: 16 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 27, 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?

  • 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Aug 15, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 25 child care providers in Montgomery County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 15.
Source:

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

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 Oct 27, 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.

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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