Puddle Jumpers LLC
A day care center in Buffalo, New York 14204
200 E. Eagle, Buffalo, New York 14204. (716) 856-4943.
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.
- 6 violations in the last three years
- Sep 142026 the latest visit on record
- 99 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 14, 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 Sep 2025. 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.
Sep 17, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
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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,
Feb 12, 2025: self Reported Serious Incident2 violations
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All child care programs must have at least one staff person who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the program during the program’s operating hours.
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All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times.
Oct 16, 2024: complaint investigation2 violations
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A temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit must be maintained in all rooms to be occupied by children.
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All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times.
May 7, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
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Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, infants may never be mixed with other age groups.
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Self Reported Serious Incident | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 2 violations cited |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 28, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| May 7, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Apr 24, 2023.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 24 Toddlers, 36 Preschoolers and 23 School-Aged Children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 887360, issued Apr 24, 2023, expires Apr 23, 2027.
- Capacity: 99 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?
- 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (2).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2025 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Oct 16, 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 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. | 14 |
| Puddle Jumpers LLC This child care provider | 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.
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Replies
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