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.
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The short answer
Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.
- 14 violations in the last three years
- Sep 232026 the latest visit on record
- 94 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?
19 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 23, 2026.
14 violations cited in the last three years.
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | 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 | 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 22, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 12, 2026: annual Unannounced2 violations
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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.
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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.
Nov 13, 2025: self-Report2 violations
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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.
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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,
Aug 27, 2025: mid-Point4 violations
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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.
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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.
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statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse and maltreatment; and
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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.
Jul 25, 2025: serious Injury2 violations
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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.
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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,
Nov 12, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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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;
Aug 21, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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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;
Aug 9, 2024: serious Injury1 violation
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for children between the ages of ten years old and twelve years old: there must be one teacher for every fifteen children;
Jul 23, 2024: serious Injury1 violation
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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.
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 28, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Self-Report | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Mid-Point | 4 violations cited |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Serious Injury | 2 violations cited |
| May 30, 2025 | Expansion | No violations found |
| May 14, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Other | No violations found |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Other | No violations found |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Serious Injury | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Serious Injury | 1 violation cited |
| May 28, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Monitoring | No 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.
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.
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.
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.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations 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 provider | 14 |
| Gateway-Longview, Inc | 15 |
| Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. | 3 |
| 716 Sunshine | 0 |
| Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc. | 5 |
| Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care | 0 |
| Bluff, Lori | 0 |
| Stepping Stones Family Day Care | 0 |
| Harris, Tonya | 4 |
| 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
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs (cb42-qumz).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 22, 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 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
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.