OLV Human Services
A day care center in Buffalo, New York 14210
51 St. John’s Parkside, Buffalo, New York 14210. (716) 828-9560.
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.
- 6 violations in the last three years
- Oct 142026 the latest visit on record
- 216 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 Oct 14, 2026.
6 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
5 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Oct 14, 2026: fire Safety - Alternate Year2 violations
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All buildings used for day care centers must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions 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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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.
May 15, 2026: complaint investigation1 violation
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Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
Dec 3, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
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All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times.
Jun 4, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.
Nov 30, 2023: fire Safety - Renewal1 violation
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All buildings used for day care centers must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions 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 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| May 15, 2026 | Complaint | Complaint (Investigation Pending); 1 violation cited |
| May 14, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| May 28, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Fire Safety - Renewal | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Oct 31, 2005.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 216 Preschoolers.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Licence 201974, issued Oct 31, 2023, expires Oct 30, 2027.
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?
- 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Investigation Pending) (1).
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Complaint (Investigation Pending) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Investigation Pending). |
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.
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 6.
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 | 8 |
| OLV Human Services This child care provider | 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
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Replies
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Paid listing
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