Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Inc.
A school age child care 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.
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The short answer
Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Oct 12026 the latest visit on record
- 170 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 Oct 1, 2026.
8 violations cited in the last three years.
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 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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 | Nov |
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 22, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 25, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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A written daily schedule of program activities and routines is required.
May 16, 2025: monitoring2 violations
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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;
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for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;
Nov 14, 2024: mid-Point1 violation
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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.
May 16, 2024: annual Unannounced4 violations
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Whenever the school-age child care program is in operation and the director is away from the premises, there must be a staff person to act on behalf of the director, who is knowledgeable about the programs operation and policies.
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for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: the maximum group size is twenty children.
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The use of any type device for social or entertainment purposes, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, using the internet, 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.
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The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| May 16, 2025 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Mid-Point | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Other | No violations found |
| May 16, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 4 violations cited |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Serious Injury | No violations found |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Serious Injury | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- School Age Child Care, open since Nov 1, 1990.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 170 School-Aged Children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Registration 39536, issued Nov 1, 2026, expires Oct 31, 2030.
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.
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.
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Westminster Early Childhood Program | 3 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Inc. | 8 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Inc. This child care provider | 8 |
| Beyond Child Care L.L.C. | 10 |
| TOOT-TOOT DAYCARE INC. | 7 |
| The Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc. | 2 |
| Claudia’s Clubhouse | 69 |
| Friends Incorporated | 1 |
| Pure Care Provider | 0 |
| Beyond Child Care Two | 2 |
| Friends Incorporated | 0 |
| Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc. | 5 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 22, 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 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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