OUR FUTURE LEADS DAYCARE INC.
A group family day care in Buffalo, New York 14204
205 Locust Street, Buffalo, New York 14204. (561) 236-6853.
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.
- 14 violations in the last three years
- Sep 252026 the latest visit on record
- 16 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 Sep 25, 2026.
14 violations cited in the last three years.
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
14 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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 22, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 11, 2026: complaint investigation1 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.
Feb 19, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
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The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;
Feb 2, 2025: other1 violation
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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:
Dec 19, 2024: 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.
Sep 20, 2024: complaint investigation9 violations
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Any violation of applicable statutes or regulations will be a basis to deny, reject, limit, suspend, revoke or terminate a license or registration.
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In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, caregivers must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when the caregiver has reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as caregiver in a group family day care is an abused or maltreated child. Such report must be followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.
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The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;
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Each group family day care home must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations.
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The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits.
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The caregivers must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.
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Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child’s body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child’s chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement.
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Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child’s mouth soap, hot spices, irritants or the like.
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Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.
Dec 12, 2023: 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.
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Feb 2, 2025 | Other | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Other | No violations found |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 9 violations cited |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Group Family Day Care, open since Feb 2, 2021.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 869707, issued Feb 2, 2025, expires Feb 1, 2029.
- Capacity: 16 children.
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?
- 3 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (2), Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2026 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated). |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
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?
- Takes 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 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 14.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| ALL MY CHILDREN DAY CARE | 4 |
| D’s Darlings Family Daycare | 1 |
| Flower Garden Child Care | 12 |
| The Community Action Organization Of WNY, Inc. | 19 |
| Abera, Tsegerda | 17 |
| Kiddie Kampus | 0 |
| NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. | 11 |
| OUR FUTURE LEADS DAYCARE INC. This child care provider | 14 |
| Puddle Jumpers LLC | 6 |
| PK’s Playhouse LLC | 3 |
| Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc. | 5 |
| Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care | 0 |
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 22, 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
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Replies
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Paid listing
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