Willow Tree Daycare
A family day care in Watertown, New York 13601
18017 Allen Rd., Watertown, New York 13601. (315) 778-1912.
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 27, 2026.
- 7 violations in the last three years
- Jul 292026 the latest visit on record
- 8 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?
14 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 29, 2026.
7 violations cited in the last three years.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
7 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 2, 2026: application - Renewal1 violation
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the family day care home.
Apr 22, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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The registrant must maintain on file a record of each shelter-in-place drill conducted, using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents.
Jul 26, 2024: fire Safety - Pools & Bodies of Water1 violation
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Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to any swimming pool, drainage ditches, wells, ponds or other bodies of open water located on or adjacent to the property where the day care program is located. Such barriers must be of adequate height and appropriately secured to prevent children from gaining access to such areas.
Jun 25, 2024: complaint investigation3 violations
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The Office shall require the child day care program to immediately post upon receipt, in a prominent place at the program that is visible to parents, a copy of the most recent compliance history report issued to the program by the Office.
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The program must maintain on file at the family day care home, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;
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The program must maintain on file at the family day care home, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children’s individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child’s medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
Mar 15, 2024: documentation Review1 violation
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All child care programs must have at least one caregiver, who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, on the premises of the child care program during the program’s operating hours.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 4, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Application - Renewal | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Technical Assistance | No violations found |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Fire Safety - Pools & Bodies of Water | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 3 violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Documentation Review | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Care, open since Mar 21, 2012.
- School district: General Brown.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Registration 570035, issued Mar 21, 2026, expires Mar 20, 2030.
- Capacity: 8 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2024 | 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 98 child care providers in Jefferson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Willow Tree Daycare This child care provider | 7 |
| Ward, Jan | 5 |
| Jefferson Campus Care | 0 |
| The Duck, Duck, Goose Day Care | 1 |
| Makuch, Christy | 0 |
| Pfister, Patti | 0 |
| Watertown Family YMCA, Inc. | 15 |
| New Day Children’s Center | 42 |
| First Step Day Care, Inc. | 19 |
| Campaney, Fiona | 2 |
| Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County, Inc. | 25 |
| Watertown Family YMCA, Inc. | 16 |
| Watertown Family YMCA, Inc. | 24 |
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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 19, 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 Oct 27, 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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