Anstey, Karen
A group family day care in North Tonawanda, New York 14120
100 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, New York 14120. (716) 583-0653.
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 Oct 30, 2026.
- 2 violations in the last three years
- Aug 182026 the latest visit on record
- 16 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?
12 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 18, 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 Apr 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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.
Apr 14, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
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Children may be outside a caregiver’s range of vision only as follows: With the written permission of the parents, a program may allow school-aged children to participate in activities outside of the direct supervision of a caregiver. Such activities must occur on the premises of the group family day care home. A caregiver must visually check such children every 15 minutes.
Dec 4, 2023: monitoring1 violation
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Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child’s health care provider.
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 6, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Group Family Day Care, open since May 12, 2011.
- School district: No.Tonawanda.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 502439, issued May 12, 2025, expires May 11, 2029.
- Capacity: 16 children.
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?
- 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2025 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated). |
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 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 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 |
|---|---|
| Riley, Tammy | 3 |
| Ferry, Jennifer | 1 |
| Bunny Bunch Day Care, Inc. | 1 |
| Muldoon, Karen | 0 |
| Bunny Bunch Day Care, Inc. | 1 |
| Small World Too, Inc. | 7 |
| Anstey, Karen This child care provider | 2 |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northtowns, Inc. | 18 |
| Kids Connect, LLC | 4 |
| Child’s Creative Development Center Inc. | 7 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 0 |
| The Community Action Organization of Western New York, 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
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs (cb42-qumz).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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