KellyCare is open to children ages 3 months through 10 years old. We offer full time and part time child care with flexible days and hours. KellyCare also has child care on an as-needed basis for as much or as little time as you need. Stay an hour or stay all day!
- Our Mission -
The mission of KellyCare is to provide children with a safe and fun learning environment. Children will be engaged in
supervised educational and free-play activities. We are committed to quality, convenience, safety, and fun!
- Our House -
Our fully insured, state licensed house is safe and complete with a fenced in outdoor playground. We have activity areas for infants, toddlers and school-age children. Each activity area features age-appropriate toys, books, puzzles, games, arts, crafts, and music. Additionally, KellyCare provides for all the conveniences of home by offering healthy, kid-friendly meals and snacks. Parents also have the option of bringing food from home.
- Our Staff -
KellyCare founded by a women who has her Art Education certificate, has been babysitting/nanny for over 15 years. Also she has been Substitute Teaching K-8 grades as well as special education schools for over 5 years. Our substitutes and assistant are fluent in English and is a mother of 3 children. My summer assistant has their N.J. Elementary Education certification as well as a reading specialist. Our staff is composed of caring and dedicated individuals who are committed to providing the absolute best in child care services. All staff members are certified in infant/child first aid and CPR. We have undergone state-mandated provider training, background checks and medical clearances. Child-to-staff ratios have been established to meet the requirements outlined by the state of New Jersey.
-Reservations-
Needs a 24 hour reservations. Otherwise, you will be considered an emergency reservation and will be charged a little extra. We
especially ask that you consider reservations
for Saturday evening care in order to
guarantee a place for your child in our house. Reservations may be made by
phone or emailing [email protected]
-Maximum Capacity-
Our house is equipped to care for a maximum number of 5 children at any given time. Maximum of 4 children under 2 years old. At maximum number we will have 2 adults with 6 children (1 of the children are ours). If we are at full capacity and you arrive without a reservation, you may be asked to wait until a space is available before your child may be admitted into the house.
-Policy on the Illness-
1. Children who exhibit any of the following illnesses or symptoms shall not be permitted to attend KellyCare. Such illnesses or symptoms of
illness shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
•Severe pain or discomfort;
•Acute diarrhea, characterized as twice the child's usual frequency of bowel movements with a change to a looser consistency within a period of 24 hours, or bloody diarrhea;
•Two or more episodes of acute vomiting within a period of 24 hours;
•Elevated oral temperature of 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit or over or axillary temperature of
100.5 degrees Fahrenheit or over in conjunction with behavior changes;
•Lethargy that is more than expected tiredness;
•Yellow eyes or jaundiced skin;
•Red eyes with discharge;
•Infected, untreated skin patches;
•Difficult rapid breathing or severe coughing;
•Skin rashes in conjunction with fever or behavior changes;
•Weeping or bleeding skin lesions that have not been treated by a health care provider;
•Mouth sores with drooling; or
•Stiff neck.
2. Once the child is symptom-free, or a health care provider indicates that the child poses no serious health risk to himself or herself or to other children, the child may return to the center.
3. If a child who has already been admitted to the center manifests any of the illnesses or symptoms of illness specified above, the center shall remove the child from the group of well children to a separate room or area until he or she can be taken from the house.
4. A child with any of the following excludable communicable diseases shall not be permitted to attend KellyCare without a doctor’s note stating that the child presents no risk to himself, herself, or to others. If a child has chicken pox, a written note from the parent is required stating that all sores have dried and crusted. During any outbreak of an excludable disease at our house, each parent whose child may have been exposed to the disease shall receive a written notice of the outbreak. TABLE OF EXCLUDABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
*Reportable diseases , as required by N.J.A.C. 10:122-7.10(a). Respiratory Illnesses
Gastro-Intestinal Illnesses
Contact Illnesses
Chicken Pox Campylobacter* Impetigo
German Measles* Escherichia coli* Lice
Hemophilus Influenzae* Giardia Lamblia* Scabies
Measles* Hepatitis A* Shingles
Meningococcus* Salmonella*
Mumps* Shigella*
Strep Throat
Tuberculosis*
Whooping Cough*
