Community Hills Early Learning Center
NEWARK, NJ·Licensed Child Care CenterLicensed
Contact information
Address85 Irvine Turner Blvd, Newark, NJ, 07103
CityNEWARK, NJ 07103
CountyEssex
Phone973-621-0852
Websitehttps://www.newcommunity.org
Operating details
Capacity165
Compliance snapshot
Last inspection: 9/30/2025 · Counts cover the full published inspection history; search results show the past 2 years.
- High11
- Medium-High7
- Medium5
- Medium-Low2
- Low0
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85 Irvine Turner Blvd, Newark, NJ, 07103, NEWARK, NJ 07103
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- Ask how they keep enrollment, immunization, and emergency-contact records current - their state findings include documentation lapses
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- Ask about their illness policy and which symptoms require a child to stay home
Violation summary
Last 2 years · Last inspection: 9/30/2025
- High9
- Medium-High7
- Medium5
- Medium-Low1
- Low0
2025
- High risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)(2) — Complete and maintain daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for children and staff.
Complete and maintain daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for children and staff. Regulation: The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of staff attendance records indicating daily hours worked and maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure.
Corrected 11/7/2025 - Medium risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.4(i) — Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. Regulation: Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices.
Corrected 11/7/2025 - High risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) — Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. Regulation: The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center.
Corrected 12/16/2025 - High risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) — Ensure Epi-pens are stored with a special care plan that includes procedures for contacting parents and emergency medical services.
Ensure Epi-pens are stored with a special care plan that includes procedures for contacting parents and emergency medical services. Regulation: (9) The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: before administering a health care procedure associated with a child’s health condition, such as the use of a blood glucose monitor, nebulizer, or epinephrine pen, the center shall ensure that all staff members who administer the procedure are taught to do so by the child’s parent or another appropriately-trained person. There shall be at least two staff members present at the center who are trained in such health care procedures. 10. The center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40- 12.5.e(1).
Corrected 12/16/2025 - Medium risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.4(a)(4) — Ensure that hot tap water does not exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ensure that hot tap water does not exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, a supply of hot tap water not exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit and cold running water shall be provided.
Corrected 12/16/2025 - Medium risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(q)(1) — Ensure all rooms are approved by the OOL Submit a request for a Space Evaluation for Room #1 due to the wall installation.
Ensure all rooms are approved by the OOL Submit a request for a Space Evaluation for Room #1 due to the wall installation. Regulation: Space and room requirements are as follows: all space and rooms within the center to be used by children shall be inspected and approved by the Office of Licensing prior to their use. In making its determination, the Office of Licensing shall consider whether the space is too far removed, remote, or isolated from other areas of the center to be used by children. Rooms or areas of the center that are not Office of Licensing-approved for use by children shall be made inaccessible to children.
Corrected 12/16/2025 - Medium risk9/30/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(q)(1) — Ensure all rooms are labeled as per licensing approved rooms and the diagram is updated.
Ensure all rooms are labeled as per licensing approved rooms and the diagram is updated. Regulation: Space and room requirements are as follows: all space and rooms within the center to be used by children shall be inspected and approved by the Office of Licensing prior to their use. In making its determination, the Office of Licensing shall consider whether the space is too far removed, remote, or isolated from other areas of the center to be used by children. Rooms or areas of the center that are not Office of Licensing-approved for use by children shall be made inaccessible to children.
Corrected 12/16/2025 - High risk9/5/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a)(5) — Ensure staff without a cleared CHRI are not left alone to supervise children at any time. One staff member does not have a cleared CHRI.
Ensure staff without a cleared CHRI are not left alone to supervise children at any time. One staff member does not have a cleared CHRI. Regulation: When a person who is not required to complete a CHRI background check is working with children at the center, the center shall ensure oversight of that person by another staff member and ensure that the person is not left alone to supervise a child or group of children.
Corrected 9/5/2025 - High risk9/5/2025
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a)(5) — Ensure staff without a cleared CHRI are not left alone to supervise children at any time. The center shall ensure oversight of all therapeutic support personnel while in the center at all times.
Ensure staff without a cleared CHRI are not left alone to supervise children at any time. The center shall ensure oversight of all therapeutic support personnel while in the center at all times. Regulation: When a person who is not required to complete a CHRI background check is working with children at the center, the center shall ensure oversight of that person by another staff member and ensure that the person is not left alone to supervise a child or group of children.
Corrected 9/30/2025
2024
- High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) — Ensure that all staff members and the sponsor representative submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Ensure that all staff members and the sponsor representative submit a CARI background check upon renewal. Regulation: When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member.
Corrected 2/24/2025 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(o)(1) — Ensure that at least two staff members have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. 2/14/2025: Ensure that at least one additional staff member has a current first aid and CPR certifi
Ensure that at least two staff members have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. 2/14/2025: Ensure that at least one additional staff member has a current first aid and CPR certification and is present at all times at the center. Regulation: First aid requirements are as follows: at least two staff members who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross), shall be in the center at all times when enrolled children are present.
Corrected 2/24/2025 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(i) — Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: the center shall develop mutually with each child's parent(s) and follow a feeding plan regarding the feeding schedule, specific formula, breastfeeding arrangements and accommodations, and/or expressed breast milk, nutritional needs, and introduction of new food for each child.
Corrected 2/24/2025 - Medium risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(h)(2) — Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required.
Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required. Regulation: Lead paint precautions are as follows: the center shall comply with the lead paint inspection requirements specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(h)3, unless the center
Corrected 2/24/2025 - High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) — Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. Regulation: Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center.
Corrected 2/24/2025 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) — Post the center's radon test results in a prominent location and submit this document to DCF-OOL.
Post the center's radon test results in a prominent location and submit this document to DCF-OOL. Regulation: Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2.
Corrected 2/14/2025 - High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) — Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required.
Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required. Regulation: The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1).
Corrected 2/14/2025 - Medium-Low risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6(e)(3) — Post the center's discipline policy in a prominent location.
Post the center's discipline policy in a prominent location. Regulation: The center shall maintain on file a written policy on the disciplining of children by staff members. The policy shall be posted in a prominent location within the center.
Corrected 9/25/2024 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(n)(1) — Ensure that the center conducts fire drills at least once per month during each session provided at the center, including one fire drill annually that is conducted during nap time.
Ensure that the center conducts fire drills at least once per month during each session provided at the center, including one fire drill annually that is conducted during nap time. Regulation: Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct fire drills at least once a month, as specified in the NJUFC. The center shall ensure that fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center and that one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable.
Corrected 2/14/2025 - High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.10(a) — Ensure that all staff members and the sponsor representative submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Ensure that all staff members and the sponsor representative submit a CARI background check upon renewal. Regulation: As a condition of securing a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall provide for himself or herself, and shall obtain from all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis, written consent for the Department to conduct a Child Abuse Record Information (CARI) background check to determine whether an incident of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated against any such person. If a staff member refused to consent to a CARI background check, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member's employment at the center.
Corrected 9/30/2025 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(o)(1) — Ensure that at least two staff members have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. 2/14/2025: Ensure that at least one additional staff member has a current first aid and CPR certifi
Ensure that at least two staff members have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. 2/14/2025: Ensure that at least one additional staff member has a current first aid and CPR certification and is present at all times at the center. Regulation: First aid requirements are as follows: at least two staff members who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross), shall be in the center at all times when enrolled children are present. The first aid and CPR training shall include a hands-on training component in addition to any online training coursework.
Corrected 3/31/2025 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(h)(7) — Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required.
Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required. Regulation: Lead paint precautions are as follows: if a previous lead paint inspection indicates the presence of lead, or a lead paint risk management plan is in progress at the center, the center shall: ensure that a lead paint risk assessment is conducted by a Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor who is certified and employed as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(h)3, upon renewal of the center’s license; and submit the results of the risk assessment to the Office of Licensing and the local department of health.
Corrected 3/31/2025 - Medium-High risk9/13/2024
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(i) — Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: the center shall develop mutually with each child's parent(s) and follow a feeding plan regarding the feeding schedule, specific formula, breastfeeding arrangements and accommodations, and/or expressed breast milk, nutritional needs, and introduction of new food for each child. For children less than 12 months of age, the feeding plan shall be: documented in writing; maintained on file.
Corrected 3/31/2025
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$899/month
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About this daycare
- Location: NEWARK, Essex County
- Capacity: 165
- Type: Licensed Child Care Center
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