Licensed Infant Care in Monroe, NY

Infant Care in Monroe

As of August 2026

With 27 providers in New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) licensing data, Monroe's roster is entirely center-based, with no family child care homes recorded. Age coverage runs across every band: 4 providers serve infants, 4 serve toddlers, 5 serve preschoolers, and 19 serve school-age children. Licensed capacity totals 854 children, averaging 32 per site, and 4 providers carry a QUALITYstarsNY quality rating. CloverMap lets Monroe families browse this full roster of verified listings.

What to know about childcare in Monroe

Monroe's roster with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) counts 27 providers, all licensed centers, with no family child care homes recorded. The Kid Stage LLC is one of the providers on this list, an example of the independently run centers operating in Monroe. That uniformity narrows one axis of the search for local parents while leaving others open, since hours of operation, program philosophy, and staff turnover still vary meaningfully from one center to the next. That center-only composition is not unusual for this dataset, and it means families here are comparing facility-based programs against one another on their own merits rather than against a home-based alternative.

Monroe's 27 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 854 children, averaging 32 per site, a moderate figure suggesting a mix of small and mid-sized programs. As with any licensed capacity figure, the number describes what a provider is permitted to do under its license, not what it is doing on a given day, which is why direct outreach remains an important step in any search. A provider's actual day-to-day enrollment can run well below its licensed capacity, particularly for a program that recently opened or serves a seasonal population, so capacity is best treated as an upper bound for planning purposes rather than a promise of space.

Age-group coverage in Monroe spans every category: 4 providers serve infants, 4 serve toddlers, 5 serve preschoolers, and 19 serve school-age children, giving Monroe families options at every stage.

Every Monroe provider is licensed through OCFS, New York's statewide child care regulator. Beyond that base license, 4 of Monroe's 27 providers carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the state's voluntary quality-rating and improvement system. Staying licensed requires a provider to keep meeting the state's staffing, safety, and facility standards on an ongoing basis, not just at the point of initial approval, which is part of what an active OCFS license signals to a parent evaluating a program. That regulatory structure applies the same way whether a provider serves a handful of children or a much larger group, which is part of why comparing licensed capacity and age-group coverage, rather than licensing status alone, tends to be more useful for narrowing a list.

Monroe parents have options across the full age range, from 4 providers each serving infants and toddlers through 19 serving school-age children, plus 4 quality-rated programs including The Kid Stage LLC. With 27 providers and combined capacity of 854 children, age group served is a practical first filter. Because licensing data changes over time as providers open, close, or update their registration, families should treat this profile as a starting point for research rather than a final word on current availability. Search platforms like CloverMap can help organize that shortlist, but the final steps -- a phone call, a tour, a conversation about a specific child's needs -- still rest with the family.