Hearth Record

Happy Smiles Play & Learn Childcare

A family day care in Latham, New York 12110

29 Michaelangelo Street, Latham, New York 12110. (919) 219-1561.

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 6 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

15 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 28, 2026.

6 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

6 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

6 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 3, 2026: fire Safety - Full Existing5 violations
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 417.4(a).

  • In addition to a smoke detector on each floor, there must be a smoke detector located either within rooms where children nap, or in adjoining rooms. In the case of rooms used for napping or sleeping which have doors, a smoke detector is required inside that room.

    Rule 417.4(d).

  • Trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored in the furnace room, or in rooms or outdoor areas adjacent to the home that are ordinarily occupied by or accessible to children. If there is not a separate, enclosed furnace room, trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored within four feet of the furnace.

    Rule 417.4(i).

  • 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.

    Rule 417.5(f)(1).

  • Clear interior or exterior glass doors must be marked clearly to avoid accidental impact.

    Rule 417.5(o). Corrected during the inspection.

Jan 2, 2025: application - Renewal1 violation
  • 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: 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;

    Rule 417.15(c)(3).

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 28, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 21, 2026Fire Safety - MonitorNo violations found
Jun 3, 2026Fire Safety - Full Existing5 violations cited
Apr 24, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 3, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 8, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 21, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 12, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 5, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jan 2, 2025Application - Renewal1 violation cited
Dec 18, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 30, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 10, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 7, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 29, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Care, open since Jan 10, 2019.
  • School district: North Colonie.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children.
  • Registration 838081, issued Jan 10, 2025, expires Jan 9, 2029.
  • Capacity: 8 children.
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 20, 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 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.
Source:

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 227 child care providers in Albany County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 6.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 227 in Albany County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Kidz Korner4
Colonie Youth Center, Inc. @ Blue Creek School5
Colonie Youth Center, Inc. @ Forts Ferry School2
Colonie Youth Center, Inc. @ Latham Ridge School3
Malik, Saba4
Littleminds Daycare2
Happy Smiles Play & Learn Childcare This child care provider6
Janice’s Daycare0
Childtime Childcare, Inc60
ACA8
Colonie Youth Center, Inc.6
Hoag, Nicole1

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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An example nursing home

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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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