Great Bear Childcare LLC
A day care center in Phoenix, New York 13135
594 Main Street, Phoenix, New York 13135. (315) 695-1220.
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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.
- 12 violations in the last three years
- Aug 202026 the latest visit on record
- 50 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?
15 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 20, 2026.
12 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
12 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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.
Apr 1, 2026: monitoring1 violation
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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;
Feb 24, 2026: self-Report2 violations
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A staff person or volunteer must not force or bribe a child to eat nor use food as a reward or punishment.
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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.
Feb 18, 2026: annual Unannounced1 violation
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The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents.
Jun 13, 2025: application - Renewal2 violations
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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.
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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: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer’s final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statements; acceptable references and other information required by section 418-1.13 of this Subpart;
Nov 13, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
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The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.
Mar 1, 2024: annual Unannounced5 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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Child’s first and last name for patient-specific prescriptions;
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In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription.
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.
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Materials and play equipment used by the children must be sturdy and free from rough edges and sharp corners.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Aug 20, 2026 | Documentation Review | No violations found |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Documentation Review | No violations found |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Self-Report | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Application - Renewal | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 5 violations cited |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Jun 7, 2019.
- School district: Phoenix.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 10 Toddlers, 14 Preschoolers and 10 School-Aged Children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Licence 842954, issued Jun 7, 2025, expires Jun 6, 2029.
- Capacity: 50 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 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 Oct 24, 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 61 child care providers in Oswego County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 12.
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 |
|---|---|
| Discovery Learning Center | 10 |
| Great Bear Childcare LLC This child care provider | 12 |
| The GEM Childcare at 13135, LLC | 10 |
| Mattice, Denise | 4 |
| Faul, Tracey | 8 |
| Kids Count Childcare | 0 |
| Mullen, Rose | 0 |
| Children’s Center of Oswego, Inc. | 4 |
| Prosonic, Leslie | 5 |
| Magnarelli, Lisa | 0 |
| Rinaldi, Jean | 5 |
| Waterbury, Dody | 6 |
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 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 Oct 24, 2026.
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Replies
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