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Mery Mendez

Bronx, NY 10468 · home daycare: the provider shares the address with families
licensed capacity
16
a week, county median
$250
year first licensed
2012

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About Mery Mendez

Mery Mendez is a licensed group home daycare in Bronx, New York. The state has licensed it since March 6, 2012, for up to 16 children.

As a home daycare, the provider shares the address with families when you call.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services made 15 visits in the last 3 years and cited 52 rules across 11 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

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Group home daycare
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Licensed capacity
16 children

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Programs

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SettingGroup child care homeFrom the state license
Licensed capacity16 childrenFrom the state license

Cost

Tuition and costs

Mery Mendez has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a home daycare in Bronx County has a median price of $250 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).

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Bronx County medians, full time, per week

Infant

Center$300
Home daycare$250

Toddler

Center$277
Home daycare$220

Preschool

Center$259
Home daycare$200

School age

Center$225
Home daycare$190

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.

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Inspection reports for Mery Mendez

License

Status
Licensed and operating
License type
Licensed Group Family Day Care
Capacity
16 children
First licensed
2012
License number
#580709
Also at this site
Facility #474013: Group child care home
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Summary

15 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Sep 14, 2026: 4 rules cited

Rules cited on 11 of 15 visits · 52 rules in all

  • Background checks 14
  • Health, medication and illness 12
  • Records and paperwork 11
  • Safety and hazards 4
  • Safe sleep 3
  • Staff training and qualifications 3
  • Supervision and ratios 2
  • Food and nutrition 1
  • Discipline and child guidance 1
  • Transportation 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 14, 2026InspectionFacility #5807094 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      416.15(c)(5) The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;

      Corrected during the visit

    • Records and paperwork

      416.15(b)(13) The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(a)(1) No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. (not corrected)

    • Safety and hazards

      416.5(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

  2. Aug 3, 2026Complaint investigationFacility #5807095 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      416.15(c)(6) The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

    • Records and paperwork

      416.15(b)(14)(iii) The caregiver must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by a caregiver: serious injury,

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safety and hazards

      416.15(b)(8)(ii) The parent of any child receiving group family day care must have: the right to inspect all parts of the home used for child day care or which could present a hazard to the health or safety of the child whenever the parent requests at any time during the hours of operation of the home;

      Corrected during the visit

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(c)(2)(ii) The health care plan must describe the following; how a record of each child's illnesses, injuries and signs of suspected abuse or maltreatment will be maintained;

    • Records and paperwork

      416.11(a)(2) The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child.

  3. Jun 23, 2026InspectionFacility #4740131 rule cited
    • Records and paperwork

      416.11(b)(7) 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.

  4. May 7, 2026InspectionFacility #4740133 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      416.11(b)(7) 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.

    • Safe sleep

      416.7(l) Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part.

    • Background checks

      413.4(c)(3) 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.

  5. Mar 3, 2026InspectionFacility #5807093 rules cited
    • Safe sleep

      416.15(c)(18) The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the napping agreement for each child in care;

    • Food and nutrition

      416.12(n) The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made.

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(a)(3) The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.

  6. Jan 28, 2026InspectionFacility #4740135 rules cited
    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(19)(iii) Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the necessary fingerprint image necessary to complete the criminal history review required pursuant to section 413.4 of this Article.

    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(19)(ii) Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit 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; and

    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(19)(i) Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the State Central Register of Child Abuse And Maltreatment database check forms necessary to complete required screening by the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment to determine if the person is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment; and

    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) 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

    • Background checks

      413.4(d)(2) Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.

  7. Nov 12, 2025InspectionFacility #580709No rules cited
  8. Jun 20, 2025InspectionFacility #5807093 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      416.15(b)(11)(iii) 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;

    • Staff training and qualifications

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(e) two acceptable references;

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(b)(6) The initial medical statement for providers, assistants, and substitutes must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Thereafter, tuberculin tests are only required at the discretion of the employee's health care provider or at the start of new employment in a different child care program.

  9. May 13, 2025InspectionFacility #5807093 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      416.15(b)(11)(iii) 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;

    • Records and paperwork

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) 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,

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(b)(6) The initial medical statement for providers, assistants, and substitutes must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Thereafter, tuberculin tests are only required at the discretion of the employee's health care provider or at the start of new employment in a different child care program.

  10. Apr 2, 2025InspectionFacility #58070914 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      416.15(b)(11)(iii) 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;

    • Staff training and qualifications

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(e) two acceptable references;

    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) 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

    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review,

    • Background checks

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) 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,

    • Records and paperwork

      416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) 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,

    • Records and paperwork

      416.15(b)(11)(i) In hiring caregivers subsequent to issuance of a license, a program: must notify the Office immediately in writing when there is any change of caregivers;

    • Staff training and qualifications

      416.13(a) The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications:

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(b)(6) The initial medical statement for providers, assistants, and substitutes must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Thereafter, tuberculin tests are only required at the discretion of the employee's health care provider or at the start of new employment in a different child care program.

    • Records and paperwork

      416.8(j)(3) When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.

    • Supervision and ratios

      416.8(j)(2) Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of whom are school age, are in care.

    • Supervision and ratios

      416.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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.

    • Safety and hazards

      416.5(j) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

    • Background checks

      413.4(c)(3) 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.

Show 5 earlier visits
  1. Mar 27, 2025InspectionFacility #4740136 rules cited
    • Safe sleep

      416.15(c)(18) The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the napping agreement for each child in care;

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.15(c)(6) The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

    • Health, medication and illness

      416.11(h)(1)(i) The caregivers also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the provider or other caregivers to obtain emergency health care for the child;

    • Discipline and child guidance

      416.7(a) The program must establish and implement a daily schedule of program activities that offers reasonable regularity in routines, including snack and meal periods, nap and rest periods, indoor activities, outdoor play time and a variety of large muscle activities throughout the day. There must be physical activity, appropriate to the ages of the children in care, every day.

    • Transportation

      416.6(a) The Licensee must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a caregiver.

    • Safety and hazards

      416.5(b)(7) Each program must have on site a variety of supplies including food, water, first aid and other safety equipment to allow for the protection of the health and safety of children in the event parents are unable to pick up children due to a local disaster. The plan must take into account a child's needs for an overnight stay. Food supplies must be non-perishable and of sufficient quantity for all children for an overnight stay.

  2. Oct 3, 2024InspectionFacility #474013No rules cited
  3. Sep 17, 2024InspectionFacility #580709No rules cited
  4. Aug 14, 2024InspectionFacility #4740135 rules cited
    • Background checks

      416.13(d) All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to complete a Statewide Central Register database check.

    • Background checks

      416.13(c) All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home hired after June 30, 2013, must comply with the background check requirements for 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.

    • Background checks

      416.13(b) All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Title.

    • Records and paperwork

      416.11(b)(7) 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.

    • Background checks

      413.4(c)(3) 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.

  5. May 2, 2024InspectionFacility #580709No rules cited

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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Is Mery Mendez licensed?

Yes. New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists it as licensed and operating, first licensed March 6, 2012.

When was Mery Mendez last inspected?

New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists the most recent visit on September 14, 2026, with 4 rules cited. It lists 15 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Mery Mendez had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 52 rules across 11 of 15 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 Mery Mendez care for?

16, the licensed capacity on the state record.

What are Mery Mendez's hours?

Its hours are not listed. Call (718) 432-0262 to confirm.

How much does Mery Mendez cost?

It has not listed its tuition. Call (718) 432-0262 to ask.

What is Mery Mendez's phone number?

(718) 432-0262.

Where is Mery Mendez?

Bronx, NY 10468. It is a home daycare, so the provider shares the street address with families directly.

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