Hearth Record

Lil Gems Childcare Center

A day care center in Duanesburg, New York 12056

1692 Duanesburg Rd, Duanesburg, New York 12056. (518) 528-5368.

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 12 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. 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?

11 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Oct 5, 2026.

12 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

12 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

12 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 29, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • Any child who is 18 months or older who may not be developmentally ready to advance to the next age group setting may be retained for a period of up to three months.

    Rule 418-1.8(l)(4).

Mar 20, 2025: documentation Review2 violations
  • The health care plan must provide the following: the designation of a health care consultant of record for programs offering care to infants and toddlers or moderately ill children. The health care plan must describe the scheduling of visits by a health care consultant to day care center programs offering care to infants and toddlers or moderately ill children. At least once every two years, the health care consultant of record must visit the center and review the program’s health care policies and procedures.

    Rule 418-1.11(d)(6).

  • Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (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 418-1.14(d).

    Rule 418-1.14(c)(2).

Jul 2, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year2 violations
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 418-1.4(a).

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

    Rule 418-1.5(a).

Mar 15, 2024: complaint investigation7 violations
  • Heating, breast milk, formula and other food items for infants in a microwave oven is prohibited.

    Rule 418-1.12(ab). From a complaint.

  • Food must be prepared and stored in a safe and sanitary manner and served at appropriate intervals.

    Rule 418-1.12(d). From a complaint.

  • Staff members must be qualified by training and experience to carry out their respective functions in the administration, operation and maintenance of the child day care center.

    Rule 418-1.13(a). From a complaint.

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

    Rule 418-1.5(a). From a complaint.

  • All evacuation cribs or devices used to evacuate children must be of substantial construction and designed for evacuation.

    Rule 418-1.5(b)(9). From a complaint.

  • Children may not sleep or nap in car seats, baby swings, strollers, infant seats or bouncy seats unless otherwise prescribed by a health care provider. Should a child fall asleep in one of these devices, he or she must be moved to a crib/cot or other approved sleeping surface.

    Rule 418-1.7(m). From a complaint.

  • The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

    Rule 418-1.9(a). From a complaint.

All 12 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 5, 2026Fire Safety - RenewalNo violations found
Sep 29, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
May 11, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Aug 18, 2025Fire Safety - OtherNo violations found
Aug 7, 2025Fire Safety - TANo violations found
Jul 29, 2025Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Mar 20, 2025Documentation Review2 violations cited
Dec 16, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 16, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 2, 2024Fire Safety - Alternate Year2 violations cited
Apr 3, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Mar 15, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 7 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Mar 23, 2005.
  • School district: Schalmont.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 10 Toddlers, 14 Preschoolers.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 229996, issued Mar 23, 2023, expires Mar 22, 2027.
  • Capacity: 24 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (1).
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

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

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Mar 15, 2024Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).

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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 154 child care providers in Schenectady County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 12.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

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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Replies

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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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