Melissa’s Munchkins Playgroup
A family day care in Interlaken, New York 14847
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 Oct 24, 2026.
- 11 violations in the last three years
- Jul 292026 the latest visit on record
- 8 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 29, 2026.
11 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
11 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 15, 2026: monitoring2 violations
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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.
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The Registrant 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 caregivers 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:
Mar 5, 2026: annual Unannounced2 violations
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The program must maintain on file at the family day care home, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;
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The registrant must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents.
Jun 23, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off while children are sleeping, and during established nap times. This is not to prohibit a program from using electronic visual media for business purposes during sleep or nap time if its use does not interfere with the supervision of children.
Dec 12, 2024: monitoring3 violations
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The family day care home must report to the Office: any change affecting, or which reasonably might be expected to affect, those portions of the building and property in which the program is operating or which are used for the children’s egress in the case of emergency; any change in household members; and any other change that would place the home out of compliance with applicable regulations.
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The program must maintain on file at the family day care home, 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 caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
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Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to unsafe, dangerous or hazardous areas or devices. Such areas and devices include, but are not limited to, holes, pits, wood, pellet and coal burning stoves, fireplaces and permanently installed gas space heaters.
Jun 20, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child’s medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.
Mar 13, 2024: monitoring2 violations
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Each employee and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person’s first six months at the program.
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Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance.
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Fire Safety - Pools & Bodies of Water | No violations found |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Monitoring | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Care, open since Jun 30, 2023.
- School district: South Seneca.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Registration 892063, issued Jun 30, 2023, expires Jun 29, 2027.
- Capacity: 8 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 20 child care providers in Seneca County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6.5; this one had 11.
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 |
|---|---|
| Melissa’s Munchkins Playgroup This child care provider | 11 |
| New York State Federation of Growers’ and Processors Associations, Inc. | 0 |
| Creative Choices Child Care Center | 8 |
| CREATIVE OPTIONS (CHILD DEV. & PARENT RESOURCE CTR) SACC | 3 |
| Rossignol, Rebecca | 34 |
| Taylor, Elizabeth | 8 |
| Andrews, Carol | 8 |
| Healthy Kids Extended Day Program Inc. | 33 |
| HAPPY VALLEY DAYCARE, LLC | 4 |
| Little Giggles Daycare | 2 |
| Jack ‘N Jill Child Care, Inc. | 3 |
| Hugs And Kisses Daycare | 7 |
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.
- This provider asked New York to leave its address out of its open data, as a 2009 state law allows, so only its city and ZIP code are shown.
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.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
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