# First Steps

First Steps is a licensed group family day care (group family day care home) in Albany, NY serving ages 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children, with 16 licensed seats. It is regulated by NYS OCFS.

## Key facts
- Status: Licensed
- Address: 28 Rapp Rd, Albany, NY 12203

- Ages: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children
- Capacity: 16
- License/permit: 9
- Operator: home-based individual provider
- Phone: (518)229-3900

- Official regulator profile: https://hs.ocfs.ny.gov/dcfs/Profile/Index/9

## Inspection record
OCFS does not publish inspection history as open data; see the OCFS provider profile.

## Nearby programs
- [Ka of Albany](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-684922) — 1.07 km, capacity 119
- [Tendercare Child Center,  INC.](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-39161) — 1.31 km, capacity 101
- [The Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital District](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-39203) — 1.39 km, capacity 60
- [Curious Minds Childcare LLC](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-947955) — 1.77 km, capacity 32
- [Curious Minds Childcare LLC](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-911808) — 1.82 km, capacity 41
- [St. Paul's Evengelical Lutheran Church](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-917516) — 1.83 km, capacity 40

## Sources
- nys_ocfs_regulated_programs record 9 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.ny.gov/resource/fymg-3wv3.json?facility_id=9

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/ny-ocfs-9 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.