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Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc.

A school age child care in Buffalo, New York 14201

180 Tenth Street, Buffalo, New York 14201. (716) 852-0188.

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 Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 14 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. 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?

19 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 23, 2026.

14 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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

14 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

14 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 12, 2026: annual Unannounced2 violations
  • All child care programs must have at least one staff person who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the program during the program’s operating hours.

    Rule 414.14(k). Corrected during the inspection.

  • All fire suppression equipment and systems must be tested and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable.

    Rule 414.4(e).

Nov 13, 2025: self-Report2 violations
  • The initial medical statement for staff and volunteers must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application.

    Rule 414.11(b)(6).

  • The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury,

    Rule 414.15(b)(14)(iii).

Aug 27, 2025: mid-Point4 violations
  • Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office- approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position.

    Rule 414.14(b).

  • 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.

    Rule 414.14(c)(1).

  • statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse and maltreatment; and

    Rule 414.14(d)(8).

  • The program must submit verification of completion of the training requirements to their program’s designated registration office on forms provided by the Office or an approved equivalent.

    Rule 414.14(h). Corrected during the inspection.

Jul 25, 2025: serious Injury2 violations
  • Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care.

    Rule 413.4(d)(6).

  • The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury,

    Rule 414.15(b)(14)(iii).

Nov 12, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • 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).

Aug 21, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • 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).

Aug 9, 2024: serious Injury1 violation
  • for children between the ages of ten years old and twelve years old: there must be one teacher for every fifteen children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(2)(i).

Jul 23, 2024: serious Injury1 violation
  • Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care.

    Rule 413.4(d)(6).

All 19 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 23, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
May 28, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 12, 2026Annual Unannounced2 violations cited
Dec 10, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Nov 13, 2025Self-Report2 violations cited
Aug 27, 2025Mid-Point4 violations cited
Jul 25, 2025Serious Injury2 violations cited
May 30, 2025ExpansionNo violations found
May 14, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 29, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 2, 2024OtherNo violations found
Nov 12, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Aug 22, 2024OtherNo violations found
Aug 21, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Aug 9, 2024Serious Injury1 violation cited
Jul 23, 2024Serious Injury1 violation cited
May 28, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 5, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 9, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Aug 1, 2001.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 94 School-Aged Children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Registration 45291, issued Aug 1, 2023, expires Jul 31, 2027.
Source:

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.
Source:

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.
Source:

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 14.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 467 in Erie County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Holy Cross Headstart, Inc.1
Erie Regional Housing Development Corp.11
Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc. This child care provider14
Gateway-Longview, Inc15
Erie Regional Housing Development Corp.3
716 Sunshine0
Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc.5
Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care0
Bluff, Lori0
Stepping Stones Family Day Care0
Harris, Tonya4
Tracy’s Tots, Inc.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

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 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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How to read a record

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

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An example nursing home

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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.

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