VALLEY CHILD CARE @ LCO
A day care center in Buffalo, New York 14210
726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, New York 14210. (716) 819-2870.
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.
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Sep 172026 the latest visit on record
- 58 children, its licensed capacity
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?
17 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 17, 2026.
8 violations cited in the last three years.
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
8 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 17, 2026: monitoring1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
Jun 1, 2026: application - Renewal1 violation
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When a health care consultant is required to approve a health care plan, the schedule of visits by a health care consultant to programs administering medications[,] must occur at least once every year and must include a review of the health care policies and procedures and a review of the documentation;
Mar 2, 2026: fire Safety - Alternate Year2 violations
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All fire alarm and detection systems must be inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable.
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All fire suppression equipment and systems must be tested and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable.
Oct 10, 2025: monitoring2 violations
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The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.
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Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, children under three years of age may not participate in mixed age groups except for limited periods of time at the beginning and end of the child day care center’s daily operation.
Mar 21, 2025: fire Safety - Alternate Year2 violations
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All fire alarm and detection systems must be inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable.
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All fire suppression equipment and systems must be tested and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable.
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Application - Renewal | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Jul 1, 2004.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 23 Infants, 20 Toddlers, 15 Preschoolers.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 163462, issued Jul 1, 2026, expires Jun 30, 2030.
- Capacity: 58 children.
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.
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?
- Takes part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
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 8.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| VALLEY CHILD CARE @ LCO This child care provider | 8 |
| OLV Human Services | 6 |
| Patterson, Faith | 0 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc. | 21 |
| The Valley Community Association, Inc. | 51 |
| Valley Community Association, Inc. | 13 |
| Parker Academy Child Care and Learning Center INC. | 5 |
| Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc (PS 97) | 5 |
| Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc (PS 93) | 2 |
| Kiddie Corner Child Care | 0 |
| 257 FAMILY INC. | 1 |
| Benita’s Little Stars Daycare | 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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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs (cb42-qumz).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history.
Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: New York State Office of Children and Family Services. New York’s own record is on hs.ocfs.ny.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
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Paid listing
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