Just Like Home Family Daycare
A group family day care in Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
142 Hathorn Blvd, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866. (518) 469-7480.
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 Nov 5, 2026.
- 18 violations in the last three years
- Oct 12026 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?
15 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Oct 1, 2026.
18 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
18 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | Nov |
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.
Oct 1, 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.
Aug 27, 2026: monitoring2 violations
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All residences used for group family day care homes must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Fire 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.
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Child care programs shall give written notice to parents and the Office, on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent, that a firearm, shotgun, rifle or ammunition is on the premises.
Apr 2, 2026: monitoring1 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.
Jan 12, 2026: documentation Review1 violation
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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).
Feb 5, 2025: annual Unannounced4 violations
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The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made.
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the napping agreement for each child in care;
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
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Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance.
Sep 12, 2024: monitoring2 violations
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection 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;
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
Jan 26, 2024: documentation Review2 violations
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Each employee 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:
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Training must address all topics or subject matters required by state and federal law. The required state topics are:
Dec 13, 2023: application - Renewal5 violations
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The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the name, address, gender, and date of birth of each child and each child’s parents names, addresses, telephone numbers and place(s) at which parents or other persons responsible for the child can be reached in case of an emergency;
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection 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;
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All animals present at the program that require a license must be licensed.
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All required vaccinations must be kept current for all animals present at the program.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Oct 1, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Documentation Review | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 13, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Documentation Review | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Application - Renewal | 5 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Group Family Day Care, open since Jan 12, 2018.
- School district: Saratoga Springs.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 808132, issued Jan 12, 2024, expires Jan 11, 2028.
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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Has New York acted against it?
- No complaints 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.
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.
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 141 child care providers in Saratoga County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 18.
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 |
|---|---|
| Just Like Home Family Daycare This child care provider | 18 |
| Busy Bees Daycare | 5 |
| LifeWorks Community Action, INC | 1 |
| Saratoga Regional Young Men’s Christian Association | 5 |
| LifeWorks Community Action, INC | 4 |
| Your Childs Care Daycare | 12 |
| Saratoga Regional Young Men’s Christian Association | 5 |
| Saratoga Regional Young Men’s Christian Association | 0 |
| St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Christian Childhood Center | 16 |
| Saratoga Regional Young Men’s Christian Association | 2 |
| Town of Wilton | 3 |
| LifeWorks Community Action, INC | 4 |
| Taber, Christine | 7 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 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
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.