Joyful Kids Group Family Daycare Corp 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 5 inspection visits, most recently Aug 6, 2026, with 3 violations not yet shown as fixed. Per the state's record, this provider had violations in the last 3 years, all shown as fixed in the record. Its license or registration runs through Oct 4, 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.
How to read this record
- 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.
- To double-check anything or request the fuller file, open the official state record or get a pre-filled records-request letter, using the buttons under the inspection list. More in our methodology.
Official rule text — what the state requires: The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home:
What this means
Records The state requires criminal history review and background clearances for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer. The citation concerns those clearances. It does not say what a check found.
Worth asking: Have all staff and volunteers had their clearances completed?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work.
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must each submit a medical statement from a health care provider before having any involvement in child care work. The citation concerns those statements.
Worth asking: Does every adult who cares for children have a medical statement on file?
Official rule text — what the state requires: a sworn statement indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, he or she has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction
What this means
Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file is a sworn statement saying whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction. The citation concerns that paperwork. It does not say anyone was convicted.
Worth asking: Is the required sworn statement on file for everyone it applies to?
Official rule text — what the state requires: a search of the state-based child abuse or neglect repository of any state other than New York where such person lives or lived during the preceding five years.
What this means
Records The required background clearances include a search of the child abuse or neglect registry of any state other than New York where the person lives or lived during the preceding five years. The citation concerns that search. It does not say what a search found.
Worth asking: Has every adult who needs an out of state registry search had one?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The program must retain on file in the program a medical statement, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, from a health care provider for each person residing in the home.
What this means
Records The program must keep on file a medical statement from a health care provider for each person residing in the home. The citation concerns that file.
Worth asking: Is there a medical statement for each person who lives in the home?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: provide to the Office the names, addresses and daytime telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the employment history, work record and qualifications, if the person had ever been employed outside the home. At least
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must give the state the names, addresses and daytime phone numbers of at least two acceptable references who are not relatives. One must be able to speak to employment history if the person has worked outside the home, and one to character and personal qualifications. The citation concerns that paperwork.
Worth asking: Are the required references on file for everyone who works with the children?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The group 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 regulatio
What this means
Records The home must report to the state any change that could affect the parts of the building used by the program or for the children's exit in an emergency, any change in household members, and any other change that would put the home out of compliance. The citation concerns that duty to report.
Worth asking: Has anything about the home or household changed since the last license renewal?
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