Hearth Record

Monarch Little Learners Academy

A day care center in Lackawanna, New York 14218

1025 Ridge Road, Lackawanna, New York 14218. (716) 825-8644.

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 6 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

21 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 3, 2026.

6 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

6 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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

Oct 16, 2025: self-Report1 violation
  • 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).

May 2, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
  • The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children’s safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program.

    Rule 418-1.8(n). From a complaint.

Dec 11, 2024: self Reported Serious Incident1 violation
  • 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.

    Rule 418-1.8(a).

Jun 18, 2024: monitoring2 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 418-1.14(b).

  • 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.

    Rule 418-1.4(h).

Dec 15, 2023: monitoring1 violation
  • Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices must be used on all electrical outlets that are accessible to children.

    Rule 418-1.5(y). Corrected during the inspection.

All 22 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 3, 2026Self-ReportNo violations found
Jun 26, 2026Application - RenewalNo violations found
Jun 12, 2026Documentation ReviewNo violations found
Jun 11, 2026Documentation ReviewNo violations found
Jun 1, 2026Self-ReportNo violations found
May 6, 2026Self-ReportNo violations found
Mar 31, 2026Fire Safety - Alternate YearNo violations found
Feb 4, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Oct 16, 2025Self-Report1 violation cited
Oct 9, 2025Self-ReportNo violations found
Jul 30, 2025Self-ReportNo violations found
Jun 18, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
May 2, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited
Apr 1, 2025Fire Safety - Alternate YearNo violations found
Mar 14, 2025Self Reported Serious IncidentNo violations found
Mar 11, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 11, 2024Self Reported Serious Incident1 violation cited
Nov 5, 2024Fire Safety - Alternate YearNo violations found
Sep 24, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 18, 2024Monitoring2 violations cited
Mar 22, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 15, 2023Monitoring1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Jul 2, 2008.
  • School district: Lackawana.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 170 Preschoolers.
  • Approved by New York to give medication.
  • Licence 359210, issued Jul 2, 2026, expires Jul 1, 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?

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

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
May 2, 2025Complaint (Unsubstantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated).

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 6.
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

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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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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