Little Hearts Child Care Center LLC
A day care center in Painted Post, New York 14870
121 E. High Street, Painted Post, New York 14870. (607) 346-6074.
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The short answer
Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Oct 24, 2026.
- 17 violations in the last three years
- Aug 172026 the latest visit on record
- 91 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?
13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 17, 2026.
17 violations cited in the last three years.
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
17 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 17, 2026: monitoring1 violation
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The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents.
Oct 15, 2025: self-Report2 violations
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The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,
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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.
Aug 14, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
Jul 12, 2024: complaint investigation5 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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In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff 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 such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:
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The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
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The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.
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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.
Apr 24, 2024: complaint investigation8 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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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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In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff 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 such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:
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The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury,
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The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
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Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, infants may never be mixed with other age groups.
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The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.
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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.
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| May 8, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Self-Report | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Self-Report | No violations found |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 5 violations cited |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Fire Safety - TA | No violations found |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 7 violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Apr 14, 2023.
- School district: Corning.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 24 Infants, 34 Toddlers, 33 Preschoolers.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 887106, issued Apr 14, 2023, expires Apr 13, 2027.
- Capacity: 91 children.
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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Has New York acted against it?
- 4 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (4).
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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Aug 14, 2025 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Apr 24, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 107 child care providers in Steuben County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 17.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Toddler Town & Beyond | 5 |
| Pathways, Inc. | 0 |
| Pathways, Inc. | 1 |
| Capuano, Mary | 13 |
| Shelly’s Daycare | 9 |
| Little Hearts Child Care Center LLC This child care provider | 17 |
| Itsy Bitsy Inspirations Child Care Center, LLC | 1 |
| Amy’s Sunshine Center Painted Post LLC | 17 |
| Robinson, Morgan | 1 |
| Corning Day Programs, Inc. | 6 |
| Little Hearts Child Care Center | 2 |
| Magill, Amber | 2 |
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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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