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Grace Above & Beyond

23 Cedar Shore Drive, Massapequa, NY 117585.0· 2 reviews
licensed capacity
203
a week, county median
$325
year first licensed
2017

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About Grace Above & Beyond

Grace Above & Beyond is a licensed child care center in Massapequa, New York. The state has licensed it since March 10, 2017, for up to 203 children, serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.

It describes a Faith-based and Play-based approach, with after-school care, before-school care, full-time care and infant care.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services made 16 visits in the last 3 years and cited 44 rules across 15 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

InfantsPreschool / pre-KBefore- and after-schoolSummer campFaith-basedSecure entry

Ages served: infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children

From the state license. Ages it lists: Six Weeks of Age through Pre-K
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Type
Child care center
Ages
Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
Hours today
Not listed
Licensed capacity
203 children

Hours

Hours

Hours not listed. Call (516) 798-1122 to confirm.
Call to confirmHours it lists: “6:30am - 6:30pm, 50 weeks/year (Above & Beyond Full Time Program)”

Programs

Programs and care

AgesInfants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age childrenFrom the state license. It lists: Six Weeks of Age through Pre-K
ProgramsAfter-school care, before-school care, full-time care, infant care, part-time care, pre-k, preschool, summer camp and toddler care
ApproachFaith-based (Grace Episcopal Church), Play-based
CurriculumScholastic Let's Find Out
StaffAll staff are CPR/AED certified
Daily lifeParents pack food
SafetySecured Entry, Outdoor playground
Licensed capacity203 childrenFrom the state license
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Cost

Tuition and costs

Grace Above & Beyond has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a child care center in Nassau County has a median price of $325 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).

Ask the daycare for its ratesIt has not listed its tuition. The county medians below are a starting point.
Nassau County medians, full time, per week

Infant

Center$325
Home daycare$300

Toddler

Center$300
Home daycare$290

Preschool

Center$293
Home daycare$275

School age

Center$250
Home daycare$250

County median full-time prices at centers and home daycares, U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (the latest year). Not this daycare's rates; prices have risen since.

State record

Inspection reports for Grace Above & Beyond

License

Status
Licensed and operating
License type
Licensed Day Care Center
Capacity
203 children
Ages
Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
First licensed
2017
License number
#784253
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Summary

16 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Sep 25, 2026: 2 rules cited

Rules cited on 15 of 16 visits · 44 rules in all

  • Health, medication and illness 11
  • Discipline and child guidance 9
  • Supervision and ratios 7
  • Background checks 4
  • Safety and hazards 4
  • Records and paperwork 4
  • Safe sleep 2
  • Food and nutrition 1
  • Building, equipment and play areas 1
  • Staff training and qualifications 1

For comparison: 79% of New York daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 4.

A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

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  1. Sep 25, 2026Inspection2 rules cited
    • Safe sleep

      418-1.7(h)(3) Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off while children are sleeping, and during established nap times. This is not to prohibit an individual from using electronic visual media for business purposes during sleep or nap time if all children are sleeping and its use does not interfere with the supervision of children. (not corrected)

    • Background checks

      413.4(a) 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: (not corrected)

  2. Jun 25, 2026Inspection2 rules cited
    • Safety and hazards

      418-1.4(b)(1) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.

    • Background checks

      413.4(a) 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:

  3. May 21, 2026Complaint investigation5 rules cited
    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(q)(1) Each day care center shall require any and all visitors to the facility to:

    • Safe sleep

      418-1.7(h)(3) Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off while children are sleeping, and during established nap times. This is not to prohibit an individual from using electronic visual media for business purposes during sleep or nap time if all children are sleeping and its use does not interfere with the supervision of children.

    • Background checks

      413.4(a) 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:

  4. May 18, 2026Inspection3 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(f)(21) In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription.

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

    • Background checks

      413.4(a) 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:

  5. Feb 6, 2026Inspection9 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      418-1.15(b)(22)(ii) The child day care center must post or display conspicuously in a place to which parents have free and daily access, the following: the name(s), addresses and telephone numbers of person(s) with the legal responsibility and administrative authority for the operation of the child day care center;

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(i)(1) Staff and volunteers must thoroughly wash their hands with soap and running water at the beginning of each day, before and after the administration of medications, when they are dirty, after toileting or assisting children with toileting, after changing a diaper, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Food and nutrition

      418-1.7(h)(2) Children must not watch television or other electronic visual media during meals.

    • Safety and hazards

      418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Building, equipment and play areas

      418-1.4(f) Adequate means of egress must be provided. Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress to other floors, in the case of fire-resistant buildings, and to the outside in the case of non-fire-resistant buildings.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Records and paperwork

      413.3(g)(3)(i) 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.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(d) Behavior management must promote self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

  6. Feb 6, 2026Complaint investigation9 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      418-1.15(b)(22)(ii) The child day care center must post or display conspicuously in a place to which parents have free and daily access, the following: the name(s), addresses and telephone numbers of person(s) with the legal responsibility and administrative authority for the operation of the child day care center;

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(i)(1) Staff and volunteers must thoroughly wash their hands with soap and running water at the beginning of each day, before and after the administration of medications, when they are dirty, after toileting or assisting children with toileting, after changing a diaper, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Food and nutrition

      418-1.7(h)(2) Children must not watch television or other electronic visual media during meals.

    • Safety and hazards

      418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Building, equipment and play areas

      418-1.4(f) Adequate means of egress must be provided. Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress to other floors, in the case of fire-resistant buildings, and to the outside in the case of non-fire-resistant buildings.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Records and paperwork

      413.3(g)(3)(i) 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.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(d) Behavior management must promote self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

  7. Nov 7, 2025Complaint investigation3 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(f)(16) Prescription medication labels must include the following information or be available through the licensed authorized prescriber on the form provided by the Office or equivalent form:

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(f)(15) Prescription and over-the-counter medications must be kept in their original bottles or containers.

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

  8. Jun 25, 2025Inspection2 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      418-1.15(c)(5) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;

      Corrected during the visit

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(f)(16) Prescription medication labels must include the following information or be available through the licensed authorized prescriber on the form provided by the Office or equivalent form:

      Corrected during the visit

  9. Apr 1, 2025Inspection5 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.12(am) Individual children's food allergies must be posted in a discreet location visible only to staff.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(f)(21) In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription.

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(f)(15) Prescription and over-the-counter medications must be kept in their original bottles or containers.

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(3)(ii) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: the maximum group size is twelve children.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.7(h)(1) Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off when not part of a planned developmentally appropriate program activity.

      Corrected during the visit

  10. Nov 20, 2024Complaint investigation2 rules cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k) The supervision ratios are as follows:

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(d) No person under 18 years of age may be left alone to supervise a group of children at any time, including in an emergency.

Show 6 earlier visits
  1. Oct 10, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  2. Aug 22, 2024Inspection1 rule cited
    • Safety and hazards

      418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

      Corrected during the visit

  3. Jun 14, 2024Inspection3 rules cited
    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(d) Behavior management must promote self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care.

    • Staff training and qualifications

      418-1.8(b) The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

  4. Apr 24, 2024Complaint investigation3 rules cited
    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

    • Records and paperwork

      413.3(g)(3)(i) 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.

      Corrected during the visit

  5. Mar 18, 2024Inspection2 rules cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(3)(ii) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: the maximum group size is twelve children.

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(3)(i) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children;

  6. Dec 5, 2023Inspection2 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.12(am) Individual children's food allergies must be posted in a discreet location visible only to staff.

    • Safety and hazards

      418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

Copied from New York State Office of Children and Family Services on October 2, 2026; the state's records start around Oct 2023. Rule wording, severity and dates are the state's.

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FAQ

Questions about Grace Above & Beyond

Is Grace Above & Beyond licensed?

Yes. New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists it as licensed and operating, first licensed March 10, 2017.

When was Grace Above & Beyond last inspected?

New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists the most recent visit on September 25, 2026, with 2 rules cited. It lists 16 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Grace Above & Beyond had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 44 rules across 15 of 16 visits in the last 3 years. For comparison: 79% of New York daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 4. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

How many children can Grace Above & Beyond care for?

203, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.

What are Grace Above & Beyond's hours?

Its hours are not listed. Call (516) 798-1122 to confirm.

How much does Grace Above & Beyond cost?

It has not listed its tuition. Call (516) 798-1122 to ask.

What is Grace Above & Beyond's phone number?

(516) 798-1122.

Where is Grace Above & Beyond?

23 Cedar Shore Drive, Massapequa, NY 11758. The nearest other daycare we list is The Young Men's Christian Association of Long Island, 0.3 miles away.

Sources: New York State Office of Children and Family Services (license and visits) · U.S. Department of Labor, 2022 (county prices).