First Step Child Care
LICENSE2 Micort Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Group Family Day Care (GFDC) in Dutchess County, New York
Group Family Day Care (GFDC) — care in a provider's home with an assistant, for a larger group than family day care.
- Licensed for
- 16 children
The public record
- License number
- 33286
- License status
- LICENSE
- License type
- Group Family Day Care (GFDC)
- Licensed capacity
- 16 children
- Address
- 2 Micort Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
- County
- Dutchess County
- Phone
- +18454858353
- Website
- Not listed
- License issued
- June 19, 2022
What New York licensed
The state describes First Step Child Care’s capacity as “12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children”. Each figure is a ceiling OCFS set, not a count of children enrolled or places free.
- Ages licensed
- 6 weeks to 12 years
- Program opened
- June 19, 2001
- Registration through
- June 18, 2026
- School district
- Arlington
- OCFS region
- Yonkers Regional Office
Amenities and accessibility
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Reported on the provider's Google business listing, not verified by the state.
How the reviews split
The 5.0 average comes from 3 Google reviews. An average hides whether opinion is consistent or divided, so the spread is shown too.
- 5 star3
- 4 star0
- 3 star0
- 2 star0
- 1 star0
From Google
Recent parent reviews
Peggy is the kindest person I have ever met! She took care of my kids till they were old enough to go to school.. I HIGHLY recommend her. kids loved her..
m jobsJan 11, 2025Great place very caring stuff
Marie MarcelloJul 31, 2022
Reviews shown verbatim as published on Google Maps.
Questions parents ask about First Step Child Care
Is First Step Child Care a licensed child care provider in New York?
- Yes. First Step Child Care holds New York registration 33286, listed as "LICENSE" by the Office of Children and Family Services, issued on June 19, 2022 and current through June 18, 2026. Confirm current standing with OCFS before enrolling.
What kind of child care is First Step Child Care?
- New York licenses First Step Child Care as a Group Family Day Care (GFDC), which is care in a provider's home with an assistant, for a larger group than family day care. The category comes from the state's own register, not from the provider.
What ages does First Step Child Care care for?
- New York licenses First Step Child Care for children 6 weeks to 12 years, up to 16 at one time. The age span is the state's, taken from its published capacity record.
Which school district is First Step Child Care in?
- First Step Child Care sits in the Arlington school district, in Dutchess County. New York records the district on the licence, which matters for school-age care and transport.
Does this page show inspection results for First Step Child Care?
- No. New York's public child care roster carries no violation or inspection fields, and no separate statewide dataset of them was found, so nothing here reflects First Step Child Care's inspection history either way. Look the provider up in the OCFS child care search to read its violations and whether they were corrected.
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About this record
This page republishes the public license record maintained by the Office of Children and Family Services (New York City center-based programs are permitted by NYC DOHMH and published separately; NYC family, group family and school-age programs are OCFS-overseen and included here). Fields marked "Not listed" are absent from the state's published data, not hidden. Verify current license status with the agency before enrolling.
Where this comes from
- Primary. New York Office of Children and Family Services child care roster cb42-qumz, facility 33286. It carries no violation or inspection fields.
- Context. Our explainer on how New York daycare licensing and inspections work, and on New York child care assistance.
Licensing facts on this page were last checked against the state record on . We republish the public licensing record and label absent fields plainly rather than leaving them blank. Where our data comes from · Report an error