New York State School Age Care
Registration is a mandatory registration system
regulated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (NYSOCFS)
through which providers of school-age childcare self-certify that they meet standardized
requirements. School-age childcare refers to
any care that is provided on a regular basis to seven or more school-age children under
the age of 13 years during the school year before and/or after the period in which
children are ordinarily in school. It may
also include care during school half days, school holidays, and school vacations. However, it does not apply to summer day camp,
traveling summer camp or children’s overnight camp; a program that operates solely
for the purpose of religious education, sports classes, lesson or recreation or a program
operated by a public school district or by a private school.
To meet the New York State
school-age registration requirements:
· An organization representative must contact their local County
Health Units (listed below) to request an application.
· All Buildings used for the school-age child care programs must
remain in compliance with the allocable provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire
Prevention and Building Code.
· All staff must provide current health forms, a sworn statement as
to whether they have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, and 3 letters of
reference.
· Programs must provide a minimum of 35 square feet of classroom
space per child, not including bathrooms, hallways and kitchens.
· For programs of 45 children or more, the building must contain
adequate office space, staff lounge & toilet facilities separate from children.
· Programs must submit a description of program activities, annual
budget and a diagrammatic floor plan.
New requirements effective as of
December 5, 2000
· New programs will be inspected before registration is granted.
· All programs renewing their registration will be granted a permit
for one year and at the next renewal they will be granted a permit for two years.
· All employees and volunteers must be fingerprinted.
This will mean all staff will have to undergo criminal history checks.
· The OCFS will increase the percentage of registered programs
inspected each year from 20% to 30% by the end of 2000 and to 50% by the end of 2001.
· Operators, program directors, employees of school-age child care
programs must have thirty hours of training every two years. This is double the previous requirement of 15
hours of training every two years. And, new employees need 15 hours in the first six months of hire.
· The fine for illegal programs will be $500 per day.
County Heath Units
Albany
(518) 447-4612 Allegany
(716) 268-9256 Broome
(607) 778-2804 Cattaraugus
(716) 373-8050 Cayuga
(315) 253-1404 Chautauqua
(716) 753-4491 Chemung
(607) 737-2028 Clinton
(518) 565-4848 Columbia
(518) 828-3358 Cortlandt
(607) 753-5203 Delaware (607) 746-3166 Dutchess (914) 486-3419 Erie (716) 858-6150 Essex (518) 873-3500 Franklin (518) 483-6767 Fulton
(518) 762-0720 Genesee (716) 344-8506 Greene (518) 943-6591 Hamilton (518) 648-6141 Herkimer (315) 866-7122 Jefferson (315) 782-9289 Lewis (315) 376-5449 Livingston (716) 243-7290 Madison (315) 363-5490 Montgomery (518) 853-3531 Nassau (516) 571-1680 Niagara (716) 694-5454
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Oneida (315) 798-5747 Onondaga (315) 435-3236 Ontario (716) 396-4343 Orange (914) 291-2330 Orleans (716) 589-3269 Oswego (315) 349-3547 Otsego (607) 547-4230 Putman (914) 278-6086 Rensselaer (518) 270-2655 Rockland (914) 364-2662 St. Lawrence (315) 265-3730 Saratoga (518) 584-7460 Schenectady (518) 346-2187 Scholarie (518) 295-8474 Schuyler (607) 535-8140 Seneca (315) 539-9294 Steuben (607) 776-9631 Suffolk (516) 853-3055 Sullivan (914) 292-0100 Tioga (607) 687-8600 Tompkins (607) 274-6616 Ulster (914) 340-3070 Warren (518) 761-6415 Washington (518) 746-2400 Wayne (315) 946-5749 Westchester (914) 637-4700 Wyoming (716) 786-8890 Yates (313) 536-5160 |
New York City Health Department of Health (212) 676-2444
For more information call the Albany Office (518) 474-9454
Information is also available
on the web at: www.nyc.gov./html/doh/html/dc/dc.html.