Childhood Friends, Inc.
A day care center in Schenectady, New York 12303
3040 Hamburg Street, Schenectady, New York 12303. (518) 281-6187.
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.
- 2 violations in the last three years
- Sep 232026 the latest visit on record
- 98 children, its licensed capacity
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?
16 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 23, 2026.
2 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
2 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 11, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program’s health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:
Feb 21, 2024: mid-Point1 violation
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Mid-point requirements for four-year license holders. At the two-year calendar date in a four year licensing cycle, a program must be in compliance with the following mid-point requirements and be able to show proof of compliance to the Office when requested, as follows: documentation from service personnel licensed by the New York State Department of State to perform fire alarm systems maintenance, repair and testing which shows that the fire alarm and detection systems have been inspected, tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire and Building Code of New York State is not applicable, for use of the building as a child day care center;
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Fire Safety - Renewal | No violations found |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Mid-Point | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Feb 14, 2012.
- School district: Mohonasen.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 11 Toddlers, 68 Preschoolers and 19 School-Aged Children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 483017, issued Feb 14, 2026, expires Feb 13, 2030.
- Capacity: 98 children.
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 20, 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 20, 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?
- Takes 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 154 child care providers in Schenectady County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| Kids-In-Sync | 3 |
| Maple Leaf Childcare Center, Inc. | 11 |
| Reyes, Judith | 4 |
| The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Capital District | 6 |
| Candelario, Carmen | 6 |
| Childhood Friends, Inc. This child care provider | 2 |
| Little Chatter Box Day Care | 0 |
| Abdiel’s Magical Child Care | 1 |
| TSL Adventures, LLC | 4 |
| Jojo’s House Daycare | 1 |
| Happy Kids Daycare | 25 |
| 3 Angels Daycare | 25 |
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 20, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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Replies
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