Linda’s Looney Tunes Playhouse Day Care
A group family day care in Niagara Falls, New York 14305
2401 South Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York 14305. (716) 804-0323.
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.
- 12 violations in the last three years
- Aug 62026 the latest visit on record
- 12 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?
13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 6, 2026.
12 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
12 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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.
Jun 15, 2026: monitoring1 violation
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
Mar 2, 2026: fire Safety - Full Existing1 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.
Jul 23, 2025: complaint investigation3 violations
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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 caregiver’s range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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.
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Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of whom are school age, are in care.
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When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.
Jan 17, 2025: application - Renewal3 violations
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The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: A minimum of five (5) hours of Office-approved training must be obtained each year which addresses topics or subject matters set forth in 416.14(f).
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The program must maintain on file at the group 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:
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Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part.
Aug 1, 2024: monitoring2 violations
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Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
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A safety strap must be fastened around children who are seated in high chairs.
Apr 30, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child’s medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.
Feb 20, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| May 19, 2026 | Fire Safety - Pools & Bodies of Water | No violations found |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Fire Safety - Full Existing | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 3 violations cited |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Application - Renewal | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Group Family Day Care, open since Feb 1, 2015.
- School district: Niagara Falls.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years.
- Licence 695122, issued Feb 1, 2025, expires Jan 31, 2029.
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 (Substantiated) (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | 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 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 12.
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 |
|---|---|
| Yorio, Brenda | 2 |
| Niagara Falls Housing Authority | 12 |
| Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club | 7 |
| Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club | 15 |
| Little Wonders Early Childhood Development Center | 2 |
| Miss Kara’s Daycare | 1 |
| Linda’s Looney Tunes Playhouse Day Care This child care provider | 12 |
| Every Little Step Home Daycare | 5 |
| NENE’S DAYCARE, LLC | 1 |
| Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club | 10 |
| Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club | 23 |
| Atlantis School for Gifted Youngsters | 0 |
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.
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 30, 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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