Hearth Record

Thompson, Shirrelle

A family day care in Dunkirk, New York 14048

139 Lincoln Avenue, Dunkirk, New York 14048. (704) 904-8935.

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 Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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 Jul 16, 2026.

7 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

7 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

7 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 3, 2025: monitoring1 violation
  • The registrant must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents.

    Rule 417.4(b)(4).

Sep 24, 2025: monitoring4 violations
  • The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.

    Rule 417.11(a)(3).

  • The program must maintain on file at the family day care home, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: the name, address, gender, and date of birth of each child and each child’s parents names, addresses, telephone numbers and place(s) at which parents or other persons responsible for the child can be reached in case of an emergency;

    Rule 417.15(c)(3).

  • There must be a cushioned surface under all outside play equipment that present a fall hazard. Surfacing may not include concrete, asphalt, grass or hard compacted dirt.

    Rule 417.5(n)(5).

  • Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 417.8 of this Part.

    Rule 417.7(l).

Sep 23, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 417.5(a).

Feb 27, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • The health care plan must describe the following: how a daily health check of each child for any indication of illness, injury, abuse or maltreatment will be conducted and documented;

    Rule 417.11(c)(2)(i).

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 16, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 17, 2026Fire Safety - RenewalNo violations found
May 12, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 4, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 3, 2025Monitoring1 violation cited
Sep 24, 2025Monitoring4 violations cited
Jun 11, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 12, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 4, 2024Mid-PointNo violations found
Sep 23, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
May 23, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 30, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Feb 27, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Dec 12, 2023Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 30, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Care, open since Nov 17, 2022.
  • School district: Dunkirk.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children.
  • Registration 889221, issued Nov 17, 2022, expires Nov 16, 2026.
  • Capacity: 8 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 27, 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?

  • Takes 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 73 child care providers in Chautauqua County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

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

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 Oct 27, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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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