Junior Junction, Inc.
A day care center in Utica, New York 13501
2215 Genesee St., Utica, New York 13501. (315) 624-6460.
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 2, 2026.
- 4 violations in the last three years
- Aug 102026 the latest visit on record
- 81 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?
13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 10, 2026.
4 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
4 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 10, 2026: monitoring1 violation
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The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
Apr 22, 2025: fire Safety - Alternate Year2 violations
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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: documentation from service personnel licensed by the New York State Department of State to perform fire alarm systems maintenance, repair and testing which shows that the fire alarm and detection systems have been inspected, tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building Code of New York State;
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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: 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;
Oct 15, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children;
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 2, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Feb 1, 1990.
- School district: Utica.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 20 Toddlers, 30 Preschoolers and 15 School-Aged Children.
- Licence 39947, issued Dec 1, 2023, expires Nov 30, 2027.
- Capacity: 81 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 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?
- No complaints 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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 174 child care providers in Oneida County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. | 3 |
| Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. | 3 |
| Degrace, Kelly | 0 |
| Jewish Community Center Preschool | 0 |
| Pleasant Street Schoolhouse | 5 |
| Desantis, Elaine | 0 |
| Fanelli, Danielle | 1 |
| Junior Junction, Inc. This child care provider | 4 |
| Masonic Care Community of New York | 6 |
| The Neighborhood Center, Inc. | 56 |
| Upstate Cerebral Palsy, Inc. New Discoveries Learning Center | 48 |
| Bello, Ylonka | 11 |
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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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Replies
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