LEIDY MARGARITA ARIAS

License #DCFH.57678 · WATERBURY, CT · Capacity 6

Lifetime deficiency profile

31 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

31 citations across this facility's inspection history. Top 10 below — click any rule to read the plain-English summary, evidence inspectors look for, and how to fix.

RuleTimes citedSample narrative
19a-87b-10(a) 3 The provider shall maintain the family child care home within the registered capacity. — 004-Capacity
19a-87b-5(e) 3 The provider shall care for no more than two (2) children under the age of eighteen months at one time, including the provider�s own children, except that the provider may care for up to six (6) children under the age of…
19a-87b-8, 19a-87b-8(d) and/or 19a-87b-8(e) 3 The provider may have substitutes and assistants in the family child care home only after the intended staff member has been approved in writing by the Commissioner. All staff members shall have read and understood the …
19a-87b-10(i)(4) 3 The provider shall not leave the presence of the children in care unless and until the substitute or emergency caregiver has assumed the provider's responsibilities and is actually present with the children in care. — 08…
19a-87b-9(d)(5) 3 The provider and staff shall be periodically instructed and kept informed of their duties under the plan and shall practice at least quarterly an emergency evacuation drill. A written log of the practiced drills shall b…
19a-87b-6(e) 1 The applicant and provider shall demonstrate the personal qualities appropriate for working and communicating with children and their families and other adults. — 016-Judgment
19a-87b-10(f)(1) and/or 19a-87b-10(f)(4) 1 Infants under 12 months shall be placed to sleep in a well-constructed, free standing crib or other piece of equipment designed for infant sleeping and appropriate for the particular child, with a snug fitting mattress c…
19a-87b-8a 1 The applicant, provider, prospective employees, assistants, substitutes and each household member shall submit to a comprehensive background check. Such persons shall not have record that the Commissioner reasonably bel…
19a-87b-10(b)(1) 1 For each child enrolled, the provider shall maintain on file a current and complete enrollment form. This form shall be kept for one year after a child ceases to be enrolled in the family child care home. — 053-Enrollmen…
19a-87b-10(b)(2) 1 The provider shall have a complete and current general health record on file when the child begins attending the family child care home, signed and dated by a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registere…

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Unknown source cadence · Retrieved by AccreditReady May 12, 2026 · Source: Connecticut Office of Early Childhood