YMCA Buffalo Niagara
A school age child care in Lockport, New York 14094
389 Green Street, Lockport, New York 14094. (716) 385-2170.
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.
- 10 violations in the last three years
- Sep 282026 the latest visit on record
- 40 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?
12 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 28, 2026.
10 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
10 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 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 25, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
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The Health Care Plan.
Oct 1, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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Food must be prepared and stored in a safe and sanitary manner and served at appropriate intervals.
Jun 11, 2024: no Approved Director1 violation
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Upon termination or resignation of the director:
Dec 18, 2023: complaint investigation6 violations
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Upon termination or resignation of the director:
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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: the name, address, gender, and date of birth of each child and each child’s parents’ names, addresses, telephone numbers and place(s) at which the parents or other persons responsible for the child can be reached in case of an emergency;
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School-age child care programs must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
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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;
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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.
Nov 27, 2023: no Approved Director1 violation
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Upon termination or resignation of the director:
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Sep 24, 2024 | No Approved Director | No violations found |
| Jun 11, 2024 | No Approved Director | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 6 violations cited |
| Nov 27, 2023 | No Approved Director | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- School Age Child Care, open since Mar 1, 2000.
- School district: Lockport.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 40 School-Aged Children.
- Registration 44430, issued Mar 1, 2023, expires Feb 28, 2027.
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?
- 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (2).
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 |
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| Oct 1, 2024 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Dec 18, 2023 | 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 101 child care providers in Niagara County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 10.
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 | 4 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara This child care provider | 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.
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.