YMCA Heritage House Child Care Center
A day care center in Jamestown, New York 14701
155 Prather Avenue, Jamestown, New York 14701. (716) 338-0111.
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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 24, 2026.
- 5 violations in the last three years
- Aug 52026 the latest visit on record
- 67 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?
20 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 5, 2026.
5 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
5 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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.
May 12, 2026: application - Renewal1 violation
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Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider:
Feb 17, 2026: self-Report1 violation
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The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: advise a parent or the person authorized to pick up the child that day, of any developing symptoms of illness or minor injury sustained while child is in care.
Feb 2, 2026: self-Report1 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.
Oct 23, 2025: self-Report1 violation
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Children cannot be left without competent 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.
Nov 20, 2023: complaint investigation1 violation
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Children cannot be left without competent 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.
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| May 12, 2026 | Application - Renewal | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Self-Report | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Self-Report | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Self-Report | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Fire Safety - TA | No violations found |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 16, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| May 6, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Serious Injury | No violations found |
| Jan 16, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Aug 15, 2012.
- School district: Jamestown.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 19 Toddlers, 32 Preschoolers.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 609377, issued Aug 15, 2026, expires Aug 14, 2030.
- Capacity: 67 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 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 (Substantiated) (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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2023 | Complaint (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.
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 73 child care providers in Chautauqua County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| YMCA Heritage House Child Care Center This child care provider | 5 |
| Bush Advantage Afterschool Program | 1 |
| Yarber, Judith | 0 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Jamestown, New York, Inc | 4 |
| Young Women’s Christian Association of Jamestown, N. Y. | 5 |
| Conner, Cynthia | 0 |
| Southwestern School Age Child Care Program | 4 |
| Fletcher Advantage After School Program | 11 |
| Parker, Kathleen | 1 |
| Knorr, Shirley | 2 |
| Chautauqua Opportunities Inc. | 4 |
| Mary Ann’s Daycare | 0 |
| A Children’s Place | 27 |
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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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