Hearth Record

Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc.

A school age child care in Buffalo, New York 14213

370 Massachusetts Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14213. (716) 884-4964.

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 17 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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 Aug 12, 2026.

17 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

17 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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

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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 12, 2026: 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). Corrected during the inspection.

Jul 22, 2026: complaint investigation2 violations
  • 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). From a complaint.

  • Children cannot be left without competent direct supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

    Rule 414.8(a). From a complaint. Corrected during the inspection.

Jun 3, 2026: monitoring1 violation
  • The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire and safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.

    Rule 414.4(h). Corrected during the inspection.

Mar 23, 2026: self-Report1 violation
  • The licensee or registrant shall furnish to each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home a fingerprint imaging application form and a description of how the completed fingerprint images will be used.

    Rule 413.4(d)(3). Corrected during the inspection.

Mar 11, 2026: annual Unannounced2 violations
  • Permissions needed from parent and/or health care provider in order to administer medications.

    Rule 414.11(f)(7).

  • 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).

Aug 14, 2025: serious Injury3 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). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Any teacher, director, or volunteer who has not completed this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such time as the training has been completed.

    Rule 414.14(b)(1). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Staff who will be responsible for administering medications must receive training pursuant to section 414.11(e) of this Part.

    Rule 414.14(j). Corrected during the inspection.

Aug 14, 2025: mid-Point3 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).

  • child abuse and maltreatment identification and prevention;

    Rule 414.14(d)(6).

Jul 31, 2025: serious Injury1 violation
  • Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.

    Rule 413.4(d)(2).

Nov 12, 2024: serious Injury2 violations
  • The licensee or registrant shall furnish to each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home a fingerprint imaging application form and a description of how the completed fingerprint images will be used.

    Rule 413.4(d)(3).

  • 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).

Feb 29, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance.

    Rule 414.5(b)(4).

All 20 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 12, 2026Monitoring1 violation cited
Jul 22, 2026ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 2 violations cited
Jun 3, 2026Monitoring1 violation cited
Mar 23, 2026Self-Report1 violation cited
Mar 11, 2026Annual Unannounced2 violations cited
Jan 14, 2026Self-ReportNo violations found
Dec 3, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 14, 2025Mid-Point3 violations cited
Aug 14, 2025Serious Injury3 violations cited
Aug 8, 2025Serious InjuryNo violations found
Jul 31, 2025Serious Injury1 violation cited
Apr 16, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 29, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 12, 2024Serious Injury2 violations cited
Aug 22, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 19, 2024Fire Safety - OtherNo violations found
Jun 12, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 11, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 29, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Dec 12, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Aug 1, 2001.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 120 School-Aged Children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Registration 45292, 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?

  • 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (1).
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.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Jul 22, 2026Complaint (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 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 17.
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
Warm Wishes Day Care6
Rich’s Family Center28
Lots of Love Daycare2
Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc. This child care provider17
Second Mother DayCare10
Delina Daycare LLC3
Holy Cross Head Start, Inc3
Kids Paradise Day Care5
Mohamed, Zainab7
West Side Community Services, Inc.3
ALPHABET KIDS CHILDCARE LLC2
SADULA ROSE MONTESSORI, INC.6

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

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.

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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