Hearth Record

Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Inc.

A day care center in Buffalo, New York 14209

787 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14209. (716) 886-3172.

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 8 violations in 6 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?

19 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 14, 2026.

8 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

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

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 2, 2026: monitoring2 violations
  • storage, documentation of the administration of medication and labeling of the epinephrine device, asthma inhaler and asthma nebulizer must be in compliance with this section.

    Rule 418-1.11(h)(5)(ix).

  • 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).

Apr 20, 2026: other1 violation
  • The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(4).

Apr 17, 2026: complaint investigation1 violation
  • Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.

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

Feb 12, 2026: 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. Corrected during the inspection.

Jan 2, 2026: complaint investigation1 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: serious injury,

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii). From a complaint.

Jan 30, 2025: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
  • Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed.

    Rule 418-1.3(o)(2).

May 28, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
  • 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: documentation from the local government authority having jurisdiction for determining compliance with the Fire and Building Code of New York State showing that the facility has been inspected and approved once every 12 months during the current license period for compliance with the applicable fire safety provisions of the Fire and Building Code of New York State;

    Rule 418-1.15(c)(33).

All 22 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 14, 2026Self-ReportNo violations found
Jun 2, 2026Monitoring2 violations cited
Apr 20, 2026Other1 violation cited
Apr 17, 2026ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Mar 30, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Feb 12, 2026ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Jan 2, 2026ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Dec 22, 2025Fire Safety - Alternate YearNo violations found
Nov 21, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 20, 2025Self-ReportNo violations found
Jun 11, 2025Self Reported Serious IncidentNo violations found
May 19, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 24, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jan 30, 2025Fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation cited
Oct 21, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 19, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jul 9, 2024Fire Safety - TANo violations found
Jul 2, 2024Fire Safety - TANo violations found
May 29, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
May 28, 2024Fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation cited
Feb 14, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Nov 28, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Jan 15, 1991.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 24 Infants, 84 Toddlers, 90 Preschoolers.
  • Approved by New York to give medication.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 39498, issued Jul 1, 2023, expires Jun 30, 2027.
  • Capacity: 198 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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • 3 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (3).
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
Apr 17, 2026Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Feb 12, 2026Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Jan 2, 2026Complaint (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?

  • Takes 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 8.
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

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Replies

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An example nursing home

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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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