Congregation Ohav Shalom
A day care center in Albany, New York 12208
113 New Krumkill Rd, Albany, New York 12208. (518) 489-4894.
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 Oct 24, 2026.
- 13 violations in the last three years
- Oct 142026 the latest visit on record
- 111 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?
18 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Oct 14, 2026.
13 violations cited in the last three years.
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
13 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 |
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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 3, 2026: fire Safety - Renewal5 violations
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Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed.
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Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.
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All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times.
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Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
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Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to unsafe areas. Such areas include, but are not limited to, swimming pools, drainage ditches, wells, ponds, or other bodies of open water, holes, wood and coal burning stoves, fireplaces, pellet stoves, permanently installed gas space heaters, or any other unsafe area.
Apr 20, 2026: self-Report1 violation
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Staff must take steps to prevent a child’s exposure to the foods to which the child is allergic.
Jan 7, 2026: self-Report1 violation
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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 incident,
Jan 7, 2026: complaint investigation1 violation
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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 incident,
Apr 2, 2025: 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.
Mar 5, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
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A written Individual Health Care Plan must be developed for the child;
Nov 6, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children’s individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child’s medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
Aug 15, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
Mar 4, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
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In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription.
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Fire Safety - Renewal | 5 violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Self-Report | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Self-Report | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Fire Safety - TA | No violations found |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Documentation Review | No violations found |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Serious Injury | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Sep 10, 1990.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 32 Toddlers, 63 Preschoolers.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 39168, issued Sep 1, 2026, expires Aug 31, 2030.
- Capacity: 111 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 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?
- 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (1), Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Jan 7, 2026 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated). |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Complaint (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.
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 227 child care providers in Albany County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 13.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| 365 Daycare | 11 |
| Congregation Ohav Shalom This child care provider | 13 |
| Albany Jewish Community Center | 38 |
| Temple Israel of Albany | 5 |
| Mercy Cares For Kids, Inc. | 7 |
| The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Capital District | 9 |
| Albany Police Athletic League, Inc. | 16 |
| New Bright Day Care | 17 |
| Albany Community Action Partnership | 0 |
| Smart, Marion | 18 |
| MaimoGan Family Child Care | 9 |
| ALFIA & THE CHIPMUNKS 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 20, 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 Oct 24, 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
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.