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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.

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 Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 10 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. 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?

12 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 28, 2026.

10 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 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.

10 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Feb 25, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • The Health Care Plan.

    Rule 414.11(c).

Oct 1, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
  • Food must be prepared and stored in a safe and sanitary manner and served at appropriate intervals.

    Rule 414.12(d). From a complaint.

Jun 11, 2024: no Approved Director1 violation
  • Upon termination or resignation of the director:

    Rule 414.15(b)(23).

Dec 18, 2023: complaint investigation6 violations
  • Upon termination or resignation of the director:

    Rule 414.15(b)(23). From a complaint.

  • 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;

    Rule 414.15(c)(3). From a complaint.

  • School-age child care programs must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.

    Rule 414.8(b). From a complaint.

  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(i). From a complaint.

  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: the maximum group size is twenty children.

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(ii). From a complaint.

  • 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.

    Rule 414.8(n). From a complaint.

Nov 27, 2023: no Approved Director1 violation
  • Upon termination or resignation of the director:

    Rule 414.15(b)(23).

All 14 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 28, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 21, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 3, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Oct 10, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 16, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 3, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 25, 2025Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Dec 12, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Oct 1, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Sep 24, 2024No Approved DirectorNo violations found
Jun 11, 2024No Approved Director1 violation cited
Feb 14, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 18, 2023ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 6 violations cited
Nov 27, 2023No Approved Director1 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.
Source:

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).
Source:

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.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Oct 1, 2024Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Dec 18, 2023Complaint (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.
Source:

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.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 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 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

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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