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Greater Bergen Community Action - CD Center
500 E 35th Street, Paterson NJ 07504 · License #130600191 · Child Care Center
Contact
- Director
- Melanie Davies
- Phone
- (973) 546-2634
- Website
- www.gbcaheadstart.org
- Address
- 500 E 35th Street, Paterson NJ 07504 · Directions
Hours
Care & schedule
When they operate
Schedule type not published.
Ages served
Ages not published.
- 1-Star quality rating
- Does not accept child care subsidy (CCDF)
How this facility compares
Violations per inspection, 3-yrInspection history & violations
Source: New Jersey DCF, Office of Licensing- Violation
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Corrected by Oct 15, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that parents are notified immediately when: a child is bitten and the skin is broken; a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head; a child falls from a height greater than the height of the child; or an injury requiring professional medical care occurs.
Corrected by Sep 11, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff for the center's license renewal.
Corrected by Aug 11, 2025
- Violation
Replace stained ceiling tiles in room 8.
Corrected by Aug 11, 2025
- Violation
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Corrected by Oct 15, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually.
Corrected by Oct 15, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Corrected by Oct 15, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that the center's written emergency plan includes a written procedure for obtaining emergency transportation to the alternate location
Corrected by May 21, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Corrected by Apr 9, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training which may be included for six of the required annual training hours. for 3 named staff.
Corrected by Apr 9, 2025
- Violation
Provide documentation that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Corrected by Apr 9, 2025
- Violation
Ensure Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription and that two are present when two are required by the plan for 1 named child in room W.
Corrected by Nov 14, 2024
- Violation
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room IT-12.
Corrected by Nov 14, 2024
- Violation
3A:52-6.4(g)(1) · When sheets, blankets and other coverings are not stored with sleeping equipment, each of these items shall be labeled for each child.
Ensure that each child's bedding is labeled with the child's name in room IT-4.
Corrected by Nov 14, 2024
- Violation
Ensure room F is set up as a classroom or removed form the license which may cause a decrease in capacity.
Corrected by Jan 31, 2025
- Violation
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training which may be included for six of the required annual training hours for 3 named staff.
Corrected by Feb 24, 2025
- Violation
3A:52-4.8(c) · The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually for 3 named staff.
Corrected by Feb 24, 2025
- Violation
Provide documentation that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Corrected by Feb 24, 2025
- Violation
Replace the stained ceiling tile in room IT-8.
Corrected by Nov 14, 2024
- Violation
Ensure that the center's written emergency plan includes a written procedure for obtaining emergency transportation to the alternate location.
Corrected by Feb 24, 2025
- Violation
Repair the sink in bathroom 3.
Corrected by Nov 14, 2024
- Violation
3A:52-5.6(b) · Doors in all interior rooms designated for use by children shall remain unlocked.
Ensure that all doors in interior rooms used by the children remain unlocked. At the time of the inspection all the classroom doors were locked throughout the center.
Corrected by Mar 28, 2024
- Violation
3A:52-6.6(a)(1) · The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive.
Based on report, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center.
Corrected by Jan 27, 2023
- Violation
3A:52-4.8(a)(1) · Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a).
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually. 1/27/2023- There are 19 staff missing orientation training.
Corrected by Mar 16, 2023
- Violation
3A:52-4.8(a)(7) · Topics of orientation training shall include implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6.
Based on report, retrain the named staff on the center's discipline policy.
Corrected by Jan 27, 2023
- Violation
Remediate the mold like substance in the "6" stairwell ceiling.
Corrected by Mar 16, 2023
- Violation
Update the Staff Records Checklist to include all staff including per diem, food service and maintenance departments.
Corrected by Mar 16, 2023
- Violation
Ensure classroom L is set up as a classroom or request to remove the approved space which may result in a license decrease.
Corrected by Jun 12, 2023
- Violation
Complete incident reports as required, including the follow-up action taken by the center.
Corrected by Jun 12, 2023
- Violation
Complete accident reports as required, including time of notification to parent.
Corrected by Jun 12, 2023
- Violation
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including during transitions to the bathroom. A named child was left unsupervised in the bathroom for approximately 3 minutes.
Corrected by Jun 12, 2023
- Violation
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from the bathroom. A named staff failed to conduct a head count and was not aware that a named child was left unsupervised in the bathroom.
Corrected by Jun 12, 2023
- Violation
3A:52-4.8(a)(1) · Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a).
Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Corrected by Jun 12, 2023
- Violation
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Corrected by May 8, 2023
- Violation
Replace the stained ceiling tiles under the large cabinet in room K.
Corrected by May 20, 2022
- Violation
Maintain the emergency lighting in operable condition in room J.
Corrected by Jun 15, 2022
- Violation
Maintain the fire panel in normal condition. The monitoring company verified the center is being monitored and there is an issue with the phone line. 5/19/22- The system was in trouble mode, however, the system was being monitored. The center was spoked to about maintaining fire panel in full operating condition.
Corrected by Jun 15, 2022
- Violation
3A:52-5.3(a)(1) · Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall be free of moisture resulting from water leaks or seepage.
There is water damage on the ceiling leading from the second floor back stairwell.
Corrected by May 20, 2022
- Violation
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Corrected by Aug 26, 2022
- Violation
Maintain the resilient surfacing and use zones under all play equipment as required in the older children's play area.
Corrected by Jun 15, 2022
- Violation
3A:52-5.3(h)(2) · Lead paint precautions are as follows: the center shall comply with the lead paint inspection requirements specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(h)3, unless the center
Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required.
Corrected by Aug 26, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. There are 65 Renewal CHRIs missing.
Corrected by Oct 29, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. The staff in classroom IT-11 had to count the children.
Corrected by Jun 15, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication for the site including all staff.
Corrected by Sep 28, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the updated Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff and families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Corrected by Sep 8, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Corrected by Aug 26, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Corrected by Sep 28, 2022
- Violation
Post a diagram of all approved areas and ensure that all rooms approved for use by the children are labeled according to OOL information.
Corrected by Aug 26, 2022
- Violation
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families the center's updated communicable disease policy and that it includes the list of symptoms for which a child will be excluded from the center.
Corrected by Aug 26, 2022
- Violation
3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(i) · Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Corrected by Jun 15, 2022
- Violation
3A:52-5.3(f)(2) · Toilet facility requirements are as follows: mirrors, dispensers, and other equipment shall be fastened securely.
145. Replace the missing toilet bolt covers in Bathroom #3.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
90. There are 23 CARI clearances pending return for the renewal CARI. Renewal CARI's are current for the remaining 62 staff members.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
157. Clean area rugs throughout the center.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
182. Remove the non-compliant rocker from the small playground.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
3A:52-5.4(a)(4) · For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, a supply of hot tap water not exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit and cold running water shall be provided.
150. Water temperature read 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Reduce to 110 degrees.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
53. Cots in room IT5 were stacked with children's bedding on them and the bedding was in contact with other children's bedding.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
20. Most classrooms had half of the materials and furnishings packed away in boxes or pushed to a corner of the room and were inaccessible to children. Ensure that the licensed classroom space is set up for children's use and children have access to materials and furnishings as required.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
3A:52-5.3(a)(15) · Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: ventilation outlets shall be clean and free from obstructions, and filters shall be replaced when saturated.
166. Clean the bathroom vent in IT5.
Corrected by Jul 29, 2019
- Violation
202. Provide water testing statement of assurance and check list documentation as required.
Corrected by Sep 26, 2019
- Violation
130. Ensure that all exits are unobstructed as required. The exit door by room #F was blocked with a barrier. The center removed the barrier during the inspection.
Corrected by Dec 5, 2019
- Violation
207. Provide an updated lead assessment as required. The center is lead hazard safe.
Corrected by Dec 12, 2019
Questions to ask on your tour
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
- 1The Jun 26, 2025 inspection noted: “Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.” — what has changed since then?
- 2The Feb 24, 2025 inspection noted: “Ensure that the center's written emergency plan includes a written procedure for obtaining emergency transportation to the alternate location” — what has changed since then?
- 3The Oct 8, 2024 inspection noted: “Ensure Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription and that two are present when two are required by the plan for 1 named…” — what has changed since then?
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