Hearth Record

Valley Community Association, Inc.

A school age child care in Buffalo, New York 14210

93 Leddy Street, Buffalo, New York 14210. (716) 823-4707.

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.

New York’s own record, on hs.ocfs.ny.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 13 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Every month

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 5, 2026.

13 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

13 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

13 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 5, 2026: monitoring2 violations
  • The program must obtain an individual health plan for any child identified as a child with special health care needs, prior to the child being in attendance at the program.

    Rule 414.11(a)(1).

  • The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire and safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.

    Rule 414.4(h). Corrected during the inspection.

Aug 8, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Rule 414.4(b)(1).

Jul 11, 2025: mid-Point5 violations
  • Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office- approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position.

    Rule 414.14(b). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions:

    Rule 414.14(c).

  • Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person’s first six months at the program.

    Rule 414.14(c)(1). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. 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 414.14(d).

    Rule 414.14(c)(2). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Mid-point requirements for four-year registration holders. At the two-year calendar date in a four year registration 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 qualified to perform fire suppression systems testing showing that fire suppression equipment and systems have been tested and maintained during the current registration period in accordance with the requirements of the Fire Code 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 school age child care program; and

    Rule 414.15(b)(29)(iv).

Aug 5, 2024: no Approved Director2 violations
  • Upon termination or resignation of the director: An approved, permanent director must be on-site, performing the duties of the position, within ninety days.

    Rule 414.15(b)(23)(iv).

  • The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire and safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.

    Rule 414.4(h).

May 30, 2024: monitoring3 violations
  • In school-age child care programs with a registered capacity of 45 or more children enrolled, the administrative/fiscal management functions and program supervision functions may not be performed by a group teacher or an assistant teacher.

    Rule 414.13(f). Corrected during the inspection.

  • The staff persons who hold the valid certification in CPR and First Aid must have their certification available for review during their working hours at the program.

    Rule 414.14(m).

  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(i). Corrected during the inspection.

All 13 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 5, 2026Monitoring2 violations cited
May 18, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 8, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 3, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 8, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
Jul 11, 2025Mid-Point5 violations cited
May 21, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 3, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 10, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 5, 2024No Approved Director2 violations cited
May 30, 2024Monitoring3 violations cited
Feb 12, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 5, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Jul 10, 2017.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 120 School-Aged Children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Registration 789788, issued Jul 10, 2023, expires Jul 9, 2027.
Source:

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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • No complaints in the last three years.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 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?

  • Doesn’t take part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 467 child care providers in Erie County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 13.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 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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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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