Hearth Record

Tot Town Daycare

A group family day care in Utica, New York 13502

132 Alyssa Circle, Utica, New York 13502. (315) 269-5253.

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 Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 6 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. 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?

11 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jun 29, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

6 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

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

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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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 12, 2024: application - Renewal4 violations
  • 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.

    Rule 416.12(n).

  • Each applicant must complete the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements or three-month orientation period training requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Individuals who have completed Office approved training that complies with federal health and safety requirements may be left unsupervised with children. Any teacher, director, or volunteer who does not complete this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such times as the training has been completed.

    Rule 416.14(b)(1).

  • 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 416.14(c)(1).

  • 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 416.4(i).

Mar 29, 2024: annual Unannounced2 violations
  • The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;

    Rule 416.15(c)(5). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

    Rule 416.4(a). Corrected during the inspection.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 29, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
May 26, 2026Fire Safety - Full ExistingNo violations found
Mar 26, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Sep 11, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
May 20, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 10, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 19, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 24, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
May 31, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 12, 2024Application - Renewal4 violations cited
Mar 29, 2024Annual Unannounced2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Mar 4, 2020.
  • School district: Whitesboro.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
  • Licence 863976, issued Mar 4, 2024, expires Mar 3, 2028.
  • Capacity: 16 children.
Source:

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?

  • 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 37 child care providers in Herkimer County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 6.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 37 in Herkimer County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Tot Town Daycare This child care provider6
Hanford, Richard1
Dingman, Christine11
Shepardson, Donna2
Herkimer Reformed Church16
Millar, Bonnie4
Miller, Julie13
MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC.3
YMCA of the Mohawk Valley11
Roberts, Kathleen0
YMCA of the Mohawk Valley6
Johnson, Janice0

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 Oct 24, 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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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.

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