Hearth Record

YMCA Buffalo Niagara

A school age child care in Clarence Center, New York 14032

9600 Clarence Center Road, Clarence Center, New York 14032. (716) 407-9150.

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 15 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

15 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 29, 2026.

18 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

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

15 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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.

Jun 10, 2026: monitoring1 violation
  • The parent must approve, in writing, the administration of the medication as prescribed by the health care provider and keep medications current;

    Rule 414.11(h)(5)(iii).

Sep 10, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(i).

Jan 28, 2025: annual Unannounced4 violations
  • The program must obtain an individual health plan for any child identified as a child with special health care needs, prior to the child being in attendance at the program.

    Rule 414.11(a)(1).

  • The school age child care program must post or display conspicuously in a place to which parents have free and daily access, the following: a copy of the most recent compliance history report immediately after it is issued to the program by the Office.

    Rule 414.15(b)(22)(iv).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Rule 414.4(b)(1).

  • 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.

    Rule 414.4(e).

Nov 25, 2024: no Approved Director3 violations
  • Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care.

    Rule 413.4(d)(6). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Upon termination or resignation of the director:

    Rule 414.15(b)(23).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Rule 414.4(b)(1).

Sep 10, 2024: no Approved Director1 violation
  • Upon termination or resignation of the director:

    Rule 414.15(b)(23).

May 15, 2024: monitoring4 violations
  • In hiring a director subsequent to issuance of a registration, a program: must notify the Office immediately in writing when there is any change in director;

    Rule 414.15(b)(11)(i).

  • The program must maintain on file at the program, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: a current daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each staff person and volunteers;

    Rule 414.15(c)(12).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Rule 414.4(b)(1). Corrected during the inspection.

  • The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire and safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.

    Rule 414.4(h).

Jan 25, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(i).

Nov 9, 2023: documentation Review3 violations
  • Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work.

    Rule 414.11(b)(1)(ii).

  • Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office- approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position.

    Rule 414.14(b).

  • Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. 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 414.14(c)(1). Corrected during the inspection.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 29, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 10, 2026Monitoring1 violation cited
Mar 12, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 18, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 18, 2025OtherNo violations found
Sep 10, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
May 29, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 28, 2025Annual Unannounced4 violations cited
Nov 25, 2024No Approved Director3 violations cited
Sep 10, 2024No Approved Director1 violation cited
May 15, 2024Monitoring4 violations cited
Feb 16, 2024OtherNo violations found
Jan 25, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Nov 14, 2023Application - RenewalNo violations found
Nov 9, 2023Documentation Review3 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Dec 1, 2005.
  • School district: Clarence.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 44 School-Aged Children.
  • Registration 243026, issued Dec 1, 2023, expires Nov 30, 2027.
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 18.
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
YMCA Buffalo Niagara This child care provider18
Clarence Center Preschool, Inc.6
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church13
Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc.5
Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care0
Bluff, Lori0
Stepping Stones Family Day Care0
Harris, Tonya4
Tracy’s Tots, Inc.11
Doodle Bugs! Children’s Centers8
BRIGHTPATH4
Warm Wishes Day Care6

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

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.

Source:

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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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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