Licensed Half-Day Programs in Hempstead, NY

Half-Day Programs in Hempstead

As of August 2026

Hempstead reports 131 child care providers in New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) licensing data, all licensed centers with no family child care homes recorded. The roster covers every age group: 4 providers serve infants, 5 serve toddlers, 7 serve preschoolers, and 127 serve school-age children. Combined licensed capacity totals 3,108 children, averaging 24 per site, one of the smaller averages in this dataset. 6 Hempstead providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap gathers this full roster for Hempstead families to search.

What to know about childcare in Hempstead

New York State licensing data lists 131 child care providers in Hempstead, all recorded as licensed centers, with no family child care homes appearing in this dataset. Hempstead's total is similar in scale to nearby Freeport, with a comparably full but modest age-group breakdown.

Hempstead providers report a combined licensed capacity of 3,108 children, averaging 24 per site, one of the smaller per-site averages in this batch. That suggests a roster made up mostly of small, single-site centers rather than large multi-classroom operations.

The data shows 4 Hempstead providers serving infants, 5 serving toddlers, 7 serving preschool-age children, and 127 serving school-age children. School-age coverage dominates, but the small, real counts for infant, toddler, and preschool care give parents at those earlier stages a defined, if limited, set of options to start from.

Every Hempstead provider on this list is licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator, which sets baseline standards for staffing, group size, and facility conditions. 6 Hempstead providers, about 5 percent of the roster, also carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating.

Given Hempstead's smaller average capacity, parents can expect to be comparing a set of small, individually run centers, where waitlists for infant and toddler slots in particular may move quickly given how few providers report serving those ages. Yenis Family Group Daycare Corp is one provider in the roster representative of Hempstead's mix of small, independently run centers. Checking QUALITYstarsNY status alongside a center's specific age-group coverage is a practical way to narrow choices in Hempstead.

An OCFS license is issued once a provider demonstrates it meets New York's baseline requirements for staff-to-child ratios, group sizes appropriate to each age band, staff qualifications, and physical space standards. That license is a floor rather than a ceiling: it confirms a provider has cleared the state's minimum bar for operating legally, and families are still well served by asking providers directly about curriculum, daily schedule, and communication practices before enrolling. In practice, that means Hempstead parents can narrow a search meaningfully by age: infant care generally covers children under about age 2, toddler and preschool programs cover roughly ages 2 through 5, and school-age or after-school programs serve children from about 5 to 12. Because Hempstead's roster reports real counts in every one of those bands, a family can start from the age category that matches their child rather than filtering through the full list. CloverMap's filters let parents sort this roster by age group, licensed capacity, or QUALITYstarsNY status to speed up that comparison.