Hearth Record

Rise and Shine Sunshine Day Care

A group family day care in Schenectady, New York 12307

11 Swan St., Schenectady, New York 12307. (518) 612-0230.

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 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 14 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

9 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 11, 2026.

14 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

14 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

14 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 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.

Sep 11, 2026: fire Safety - Full Existing4 violations
  • Toxic paints or finishes must not be used on room surfaces, furniture or any other equipment, materials or furnishings which may be used by children or are within their reach.

    Rule 416.3(g).

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 416.4(a).

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

    Rule 416.5(a).

  • An operable flashlight or battery powered lantern must be kept in the child care area. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure.

    Rule 416.5(r).

May 4, 2026: monitoring2 violations
  • 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). 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 416.5(a).

Mar 26, 2026: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • 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).

Aug 14, 2025: monitoring2 violations
  • When disposable diapers are used, soiled diapers must be disposed of immediately into an outside trash disposal, or placed in a tightly covered plastic-lined trash can inaccessible to children until outdoor disposal is possible.

    Rule 416.11(i)(12).

  • All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Title.

    Rule 416.13(b).

Jun 5, 2025: monitoring2 violations
  • The Office shall require the child day care program to immediately post upon receipt, in a prominent place at the program that is visible to parents, a copy of the most recent compliance history report issued to the program by the Office.

    Rule 413.3(g)(3)(i).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.

    Rule 416.4(b)(1).

Mar 13, 2025: annual Unannounced2 violations
  • The Office shall require the child day care program to immediately post upon receipt, in a prominent place at the program that is visible to parents, a copy of the most recent compliance history report issued to the program by the Office.

    Rule 413.3(g)(3)(i).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.

    Rule 416.4(b)(1).

Nov 25, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off when not part of a planned developmentally appropriate program activity.

    Rule 416.7(v).

All 9 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 11, 2026Fire Safety - Full Existing4 violations cited
Aug 17, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
May 4, 2026Monitoring2 violations cited
Mar 26, 2026Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Nov 24, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 14, 2025Monitoring2 violations cited
Jun 5, 2025Monitoring2 violations cited
Mar 13, 2025Annual Unannounced2 violations cited
Nov 25, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Sep 26, 2024.
  • School district: Schenectady.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
  • Licence 921950, issued Sep 26, 2024, expires Sep 25, 2028.
  • Capacity: 16 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 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?

  • 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 154 child care providers in Schenectady County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 14.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 154 in Schenectady County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Rise and Shine Sunshine Day Care This child care provider14
Bobbitt, Cecilia2
Mcwalker, Bobbie12
The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Capital District7
Blessings From Above Day Care4
Gonzalez, Jocabel1
Suarez, Ana1
Meraris Day Care2
Star Bright Daycare18
Our Precious Sprouts Day Care, LLC2
Amazing Kids Daycare12
Roshan Day Care Inc.18
Devesh Childcare 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 5, 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

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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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