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About The Children Inc

357 Berriman Street, Brooklyn, 11208

About The Children Inc is child care in the provider's own home. New York State licenses this kind of home (“group family day care”) for up to 12 children plus 4 school-age children; an assistant must be on hand once more than eight children are present. State inspectors check it, not the city Health Department. The state's file shows 4 inspection visits, most recently Oct 14, 2026, with 4 violations not yet shown as fixed. Per the state's record, this provider has violations the record does not yet show as fixed. Its license or registration runs through Apr 16, 2027 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.

Last inspection · record checked against the state's child care registry .

Inspection history

Every state inspection visit on record for this home, newest first, from New York State's public file. We show the record as it stands and don't grade it.

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  • New York State inspects home programs at least once a year unannounced, when the license or registration comes up for renewal, and after complaints. Every visit is listed with its date and result.
  • Violations found means inspectors cited one or more rule violations on that visit. Each one lists the rule, what it requires, and whether the record shows it corrected (fixed) or still uncorrected.
  • The state doesn't publish severity rankings the way the city does for daycare centers. Read the description itself, and ask the provider about anything that worries you.
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2026-10-14No Violations Found
2026-07-08Violations Found
Violation · §416.14(m)OPEN

Official rule text — what the state requires: All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program's operating hours.

What this means

Practice The rule requires at least one caregiver with a valid CPR and first aid certification to be on the premises during all of the program's operating hours. A citation under it means the program was not meeting that requirement when it was cited.

Worth asking: Who holds the CPR and first aid certification, and when does it expire?

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Violation · §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a)OPEN

Official rule text — what the state requires: the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment,

What this means

Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are the forms needed to ask whether an applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment at the Statewide Central Register. The citation concerns that paperwork, and the public record does not say what was missing.

Worth asking: Are the required background check forms on file, and who reviews them?

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Violation · §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b)OPEN

Official rule text — what the state requires: the forms necessary to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law,

What this means

Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are the forms needed to check the Justice Center's register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect. The citation concerns that paperwork, and the public record does not say what was missing.

Worth asking: Are the required background check forms on file, and who reviews them?

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Violation · §416.15(b)(11)(iii)OPEN

Official rule text — what the state requires: In hiring caregivers subsequent to issuance of a license, a program: must ensure that a medical statement has been submitted before the person has any involvement with children in care, as required in section 416.11 of this Part;

What this means

Records When a program hires a caregiver after the license is issued, it must have a medical statement submitted before that person has any involvement with children in care. The citation concerns that paperwork.

Worth asking: Was a medical statement on file for each caregiver before they started?

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2026-04-14No Violations Found

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