Little Lambs Child Care Center
A day care center in Lockport, New York 14094
6384 South Transit Road, Lockport, New York 14094. (716) 625-6260.
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 30, 2026.
- 4 violations in the last three years
- Oct 142026 the latest visit on record
- 69 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?
14 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Oct 14, 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 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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.
Feb 3, 2026: annual Unannounced1 violation
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The premises must be kept clean and free from dampness, odors and the accumulation of trash.
Sep 4, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child’s health care provider.
Dec 16, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 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: 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;
Aug 1, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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A safety strap must be fastened around children who are seated in high chairs.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited |
| May 13, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Apr 22, 2001.
- School district: Lockport.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 22 Toddlers, 27 Preschoolers and 4 School-Aged Children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 43710, issued Apr 1, 2023, expires Mar 31, 2027.
- Capacity: 69 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 30, 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?
- 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2024 | Complaint (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.
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 101 child care providers in Niagara 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 |
|---|---|
| Agri-Business Child Development | 1 |
| Sweet Angels Day Care, Inc. | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 4 |
| Mommy Day Care | 0 |
| KANDY LAND KIDS, INC. | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 2 |
| Little Lambs Child Care Center This child care provider | 4 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 10 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 3 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 4 |
| Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, Inc. | 4 |
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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026.
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