Hearth Record

Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc.

A school age child care in Buffalo, New York 14210

282 Babcock Street, Buffalo, New York 14210. (716) 822-0034.

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.

New York’s own record, on hs.ocfs.ny.gov

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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 21 violations in 10 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?

22 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 11, 2026.

21 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

21 violations in 10 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

21 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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 11, 2026: application - Renewal4 violations
  • 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). Corrected during the inspection.

  • 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:

    Rule 414.14(c).

  • 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.

  • 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: copies of current staff and volunteers health statements;

    Rule 414.15(c)(7).

Mar 12, 2026: annual Unannounced5 violations
  • The licensee or registrant shall furnish to each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home a fingerprint imaging application form and a description of how the completed fingerprint images will be used.

    Rule 413.4(d)(3). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Permissions needed from parent and/or health care provider in order to administer medications.

    Rule 414.11(f)(7).

  • In hiring a director subsequent to issuance of a registration, a program: must submit to the Office within 15 days of the written notification of the change in director the name of any new director and the supporting documentation needed to complete the approval process including:

    Rule 414.15(b)(11)(ii).

  • 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).

  • Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance.

    Rule 414.5(b)(4).

Dec 4, 2025: monitoring2 violations
  • 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).

  • 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).

Jun 6, 2025: serious Injury1 violation
  • The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program:

    Rule 414.15(b)(14).

May 27, 2025: serious Injury1 violation
  • The licensee or registrant shall furnish to each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home a fingerprint imaging application form and a description of how the completed fingerprint images will be used.

    Rule 413.4(d)(3). Corrected during the inspection.

Dec 19, 2024: serious Injury2 violations
  • Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.

    Rule 413.4(d)(2). Corrected during the inspection.

  • The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury,

    Rule 414.15(b)(14)(iii).

Dec 16, 2024: no Approved Director2 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: An approved, permanent director must be on-site, performing the duties of the position, within ninety days.

    Rule 414.15(b)(23)(iv).

Jun 12, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • 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). Corrected during the inspection.

Apr 22, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • 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).

Mar 11, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • Any teacher, director, or volunteer who has not completed this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such time as the training has been completed.

    Rule 414.14(b)(1). Corrected during the inspection.

Dec 12, 2023: monitoring1 violation
  • 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). Corrected during the inspection.

All 22 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 11, 2026Application - Renewal4 violations cited
May 27, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 12, 2026Annual Unannounced5 violations cited
Dec 9, 2025Self-ReportNo violations found
Dec 4, 2025Monitoring2 violations cited
Nov 3, 2025Self-ReportNo violations found
Sep 15, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 10, 2025Serious InjuryNo violations found
Jun 26, 2025Serious InjuryNo violations found
Jun 12, 2025Serious InjuryNo violations found
Jun 6, 2025Serious Injury1 violation cited
May 27, 2025Serious Injury1 violation cited
Apr 16, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 29, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 19, 2024Serious Injury2 violations cited
Dec 16, 2024No Approved Director2 violations cited
Aug 22, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 12, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Apr 22, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Mar 11, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Feb 14, 2024Serious InjuryNo violations found
Dec 12, 2023Monitoring1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Sep 22, 2006.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 111 School-Aged Children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Registration 244134, issued Sep 22, 2026, expires Sep 21, 2030.
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 21.
Source:

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

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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