Hearth Record

NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.

A school age child care in Buffalo, New York 14204

115 Ash Street, Buffalo, New York 14204. (716) 248-1485.

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 11 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

14 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 29, 2026.

11 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

11 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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

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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.

Oct 11, 2024: application - Renewal6 violations
  • The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the program to obtain emergency health care for the child;

    Rule 414.11(h)(1)(i).

  • 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.

  • Upon termination or resignation of the director:

    Rule 414.15(b)(23).

  • The program must maintain on file at the program, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: the names and addresses of persons authorized to take the child(ren) from the program;

    Rule 414.15(c)(4).

May 28, 2024: monitoring3 violations
  • Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.

    Rule 413.4(d)(2).

  • In hiring a director subsequent to issuance of a registration, a program: must submit to the Office within 15 days of the written notification of the change in director the name of any new director and the supporting documentation needed to complete the approval process including:

    Rule 414.15(b)(11)(ii).

  • The program must maintain on file at the program, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: a current daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each staff person and volunteers;

    Rule 414.15(c)(12).

Jan 11, 2024: annual Unannounced2 violations
  • Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.

    Rule 413.4(d)(2).

  • 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).

All 14 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 29, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
May 4, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 13, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 1, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 12, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 9, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 11, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Oct 11, 2024Application - Renewal6 violations cited
Sep 17, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 11, 2024Fire Safety - OtherNo violations found
Aug 28, 2024Fire Safety - OtherNo violations found
May 28, 2024Monitoring3 violations cited
Jan 11, 2024Annual Unannounced2 violations cited
Nov 17, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Nov 19, 2020.
  • School district: Buffalo.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 155 School-Aged Children.
  • Registration 868942, issued Nov 19, 2024, expires Nov 18, 2028.
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 11.
Source:

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

11 of the 467 in Erie County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
ALL MY CHILDREN DAY CARE4
D’s Darlings Family Daycare1
Flower Garden Child Care12
The Community Action Organization Of WNY, Inc.19
Abera, Tsegerda17
Kiddie Kampus0
NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. This child care provider11
OUR FUTURE LEADS DAYCARE INC.14
Puddle Jumpers LLC6
PK’s Playhouse LLC3
Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc.5
Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care0

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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