Hearth Record

Jackson’s Wonderland Daycare, Inc.

A group family day care in Buffalo, New York 14215

264 Berkshire Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14215. (716) 832-4727.

What New York’s list coversOutside New York City

Programs New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services licenses or registers outside New York City, each county added once it is read in full. Programs in the city’s five boroughs, including the day care centers its Health Department regulates, aren’t here yet.

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 22 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

10 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 10, 2026.

22 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

22 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

22 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 10, 2026: annual Unannounced2 violations
  • The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;

    Rule 416.15(c)(13).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.

    Rule 416.4(b)(1).

May 29, 2026: monitoring1 violation
  • When multiple shifts of care are provided, such drills must be conducted monthly during each shift of care.

    Rule 416.4(b)(3).

Mar 13, 2026: mid-Point2 violations
  • The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: A minimum of five (5) hours of Office-approved training must be obtained each year which addresses topics or subject matters set forth in 416.14(f).

    Rule 416.14(c)(2).

  • At the two-year calendar date in a four year licensing cycle, a program must be in compliance with the following mid-point requirements and be able to show proof of compliance to the Office when requested: proof of compliance with the training requirements of section 416.14.

    Rule 416.15(b)(25)(iii).

Feb 13, 2026: other1 violation
  • A working telephone must be available for use by all caregivers at all times children are in care.

    Rule 416.5(m)(1).

Apr 23, 2025: fire Safety - Other1 violation
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 416.5(a).

Jul 9, 2024: other1 violation
  • Applicants for a license must submit to the Office: the site to be used for child care must meet the definition and requirements of a personal residence as outlined in Part 413. The licensee must submit documentation, acceptable to the Office, to prove that the group family day care home is being used as a residence;

    Rule 416.2(a)(14).

Jul 9, 2024: fire Safety - Other9 violations
  • The premises must be kept clean and free from dampness, odors and the accumulation of trash.

    Rule 416.11(i)(22).

  • Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

    Rule 416.3(h).

  • The house or building number of the day care program shall be conspicuously displayed and visible from the street.

    Rule 416.3(p).

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 416.5(a).

  • All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

    Rule 416.5(j).

  • Play equipment must be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location.

    Rule 416.5(n)(2).

  • There must be a cushioned surface under all outside play equipment that present a fall hazard. Surfacing may not include concrete, asphalt, grass or hard compacted dirt.

    Rule 416.5(n)(5).

  • Glass in outside windows less than 32 inches above the floor level must be of safety grade or otherwise protected by use of barriers to avoid accidental impact.

    Rule 416.5(p).

  • All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

    Rule 416.5(y).

Dec 5, 2023: application - Renewal5 violations
  • No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child’s medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.

    Rule 416.11(a)(1).

  • The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made.

    Rule 416.12(n).

  • Each applicant must complete the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements or three-month orientation period training requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Individuals who have completed Office approved training that complies with federal health and safety requirements may be left unsupervised with children. Any teacher, director, or volunteer who does not complete this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such times as the training has been completed.

    Rule 416.14(b)(1).

  • The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person’s first six months at the program.

    Rule 416.14(c)(1).

  • All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program’s operating hours.

    Rule 416.14(m).

All 10 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 10, 2026Annual Unannounced2 violations cited
May 29, 2026Monitoring1 violation cited
Mar 13, 2026Mid-Point2 violations cited
Feb 13, 2026Other1 violation cited
Dec 22, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Apr 23, 2025Fire Safety - Other1 violation cited
Apr 23, 2025OtherNo violations found
Jul 9, 2024Fire Safety - Other9 violations cited
Jul 9, 2024Other1 violation cited
Dec 5, 2023Application - Renewal5 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Jan 1, 1996.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 16226, issued Jan 1, 2024, expires Dec 31, 2027.
  • Capacity: 16 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • No complaints in the last three years.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs.

Who owns it?

  • New York’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Doesn’t take part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 467 child care providers in Erie County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 22.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 467 in Erie County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care0
Harris, Tonya4
Law, Lori2
Cyn’s Heavenly Angels Quality Child Care3
Jackson’s Wonderland Daycare, Inc. This child care provider22
Birl, Susan5
Gramma’s Day Care0
Mitchell, Dianne3
Rhines, Joann6
Happy Faces Daycare1
Baker, Barbara1
KIDS CAPITAL DAYCARE, INC.1

What the record doesn’t say

  • New York doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • New York’s records give the regulation behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • New York’s program pages cover four calendar years; this page shows the last three years.
  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual programs.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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