Smarty Pants LLC.
A day care center in Orchard Park, New York 14127
3940 California Rd, Orchard Park, New York 14127. (716) 662-1099.
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The short answer
Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.
- 6 violations in the last three years
- Sep 92026 the latest visit on record
- 184 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?
17 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 9, 2026.
6 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
6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 3, 2026: monitoring1 violation
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All containers or bottles of, breast milk, formula or other individualized food items must be clearly marked with the child’s complete name.
Apr 17, 2025: complaint investigation3 violations
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Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law.
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The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.
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Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, 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, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like.
Sep 17, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
Jan 31, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Fire Safety - Renewal | No violations found |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 3 violations cited |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Mid-Point | No violations found |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 21, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Nov 4, 2022.
- School district: Orchard Park.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 32 Infants, 58 Toddlers, 74 Preschoolers and 20 School-Aged Children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 879777, issued Nov 4, 2026, expires Nov 3, 2030.
- Capacity: 184 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) (3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Jan 31, 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?
- 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 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 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Doodle Bugs! Children’s Centers | 5 |
| Wee Can Preschool & Childcare | 6 |
| Childtime Learning Centers | 20 |
| The Tabernacle | 2 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 3 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 2 |
| LIL JEMZ DAYCARE & LEARNING, LLC | 1 |
| BRIGHTPATH | 9 |
| A LEAP IN LEARNING EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, INC. | 0 |
| Grow and Explore LLC | 0 |
| Smarty Pants LLC. This child care provider | 6 |
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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