Hearth Record

Happy Kids Daycare

A group family day care in Schenectady, New York 12303

832 Bridge Street, Schenectady, New York 12303.

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 25 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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 Oct 15, 2026.

25 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

25 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

25 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

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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 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 2, 2026: fire Safety - Monitor7 violations
  • The premises must be kept clean and free from dampness, odors and the accumulation of trash.

    Rule 416.11(i)(22).

  • The premises must be kept free of vermin.

    Rule 416.11(i)(23).

  • Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

    Rule 416.3(h).

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

    Rule 416.4(a).

  • Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress which are remote from each other.

    Rule 416.4(h).

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 416.5(a).

  • Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices must be used on all electrical outlets that are accessible to children.

    Rule 416.5(i).

Sep 3, 2026: monitoring1 violation
  • All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times.

    Rule 416.4(h)(4).

Mar 6, 2026: fire Safety - Renewal5 violations
  • The premises must be kept free of vermin.

    Rule 416.11(i)(23).

  • Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

    Rule 416.3(h).

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

    Rule 416.4(a).

  • All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times.

    Rule 416.4(h)(4).

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 416.5(a).

Mar 4, 2026: annual Unannounced3 violations
  • Rooms that will be used by the children must be well-lighted and well-ventilated. Heating, ventilating and lighting equipment must be adequate for the protection of the health of the children.

    Rule 416.3(b).

  • Portable electric heaters or other portable heating devices, regardless of the type of fuel used, may not be used in rooms accessible to the children.

    Rule 416.5(c).

  • Operating carbon monoxide detectors must be used in all group family day care homes when required, and located in areas of the home in accordance with applicable laws.

    Rule 416.5(v).

Dec 8, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • 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.

    Rule 416.14(m).

Jul 29, 2025: documentation Review3 violations
  • 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).

  • The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: A minimum of five (5) hours of Office-approved training must be obtained each year which addresses topics or subject matters set forth in 416.14(f).

    Rule 416.14(c)(2).

  • Training must address all topics or subject matters required by state and federal law. The required state topics are:

    Rule 416.14(f).

May 8, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.

    Rule 416.4(b)(1).

Mar 21, 2025: annual Unannounced3 violations
  • The provisions specified on the license are binding and the group family day care home must operate in compliance with the terms of the license. The number and age range of children specified thereon are the maximum number and age range of children who may be in the care of the group family day care home at any one time.

    Rule 416.15(a)(9).

  • Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child’s health care provider.

    Rule 416.7(n).

  • One caregiver may care for a maximum of six children younger than school age, or eight children when at least two of the eight children are school aged.

    Rule 416.8(j)(1).

Mar 21, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • If television or other electronic visual media is used, it must be part of a planned developmentally appropriate program with an educational, social, physical or other learning objective that includes identified goals and objectives. Television and other electronic visual media must not be used solely to occupy time.

    Rule 416.7(u).

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 15, 2026Fire Safety - MonitorNo violations found
Oct 2, 2026Fire Safety - Monitor7 violations cited
Sep 3, 2026Monitoring1 violation cited
Jun 1, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 6, 2026Fire Safety - Renewal5 violations cited
Mar 4, 2026Annual Unannounced3 violations cited
Dec 8, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
Aug 25, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 29, 2025Documentation Review3 violations cited
May 8, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
Mar 21, 2025Annual Unannounced3 violations cited
Dec 18, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 16, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 18, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 21, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Group Family Day Care, open since Nov 1, 2022.
  • School district: Schenectady.
  • 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 881986, issued Nov 1, 2022, with an expiration date of Oct 31, 2026, which has passed.
  • Capacity: 16 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 154 child care providers in Schenectady County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 25.
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 154 in Schenectady County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Kids-In-Sync3
Maple Leaf Childcare Center, Inc.11
Reyes, Judith4
The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Capital District6
Candelario, Carmen6
Childhood Friends, Inc.2
Little Chatter Box Day Care0
Abdiel’s Magical Child Care1
TSL Adventures, LLC4
Jojo’s House Daycare1
Happy Kids Daycare This child care provider25
3 Angels Daycare25

What the record doesn’t say

  • New York’s list of programs gives an expiration date that has passed, and doesn’t say whether the licence was renewed; New York’s own search has its current status.
  • 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

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Replies

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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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