RUGRATS
A day care center in Lockport, New York 14094
6698 Lincoln Ave, Lockport, New York 14094. (716) 433-8728.
- Pending Revocation: recommended for revocation (New York)
- Removed from the referral list (New York)
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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 Oct 30, 2026.
- 6 violations in the last three years
- Aug 312026 the latest visit on record
- 62 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 Aug 31, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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.
Sep 1, 2026: complaint investigation1 violation
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Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.
Aug 31, 2026: self-Report3 violations
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The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: arrange for the transportation of any child in need of emergency health care, and for the supervision of the children remaining in the program;
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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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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.
Apr 7, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
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Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
Oct 10, 2024: mid-Point1 violation
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Mid-point requirements for four-year license holders. At the two-year calendar date in a four year licensing cycle, a program must be in compliance with the following mid-point requirements and be able to show proof of compliance to the Office when requested, as follows: proof of compliance with the training requirements of section 418-1.14;
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Self-Report | 3 violations cited |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Fire Safety - Renewal | No violations found |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Application - Renewal | No violations found |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Mid-Point | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Fire Safety - TA | No violations found |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Sep 2, 2022.
- School district: Lockport.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 8 Infants, 15 Toddlers, 39 Preschoolers.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 890890, issued Sep 2, 2026, expires Sep 1, 2030.
- Capacity: 62 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 30, 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?
- 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (2).
- New York’s referral agencies won’t refer families to this program until its compliance issues are resolved.
- New York lists this program as Pending Revocation: recommended for revocation.
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 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Removed from the referral list | New York’s referral agencies won’t refer families to this program until its compliance issues are resolved. | |
| Pending Revocation | New York lists this program as Pending Revocation: recommended for revocation. | |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Apr 7, 2025 | 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 101 child care providers in Niagara County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| RUGRATS This child care provider | 6 |
| Agri-Business Child Development | 1 |
| Sweet Angels Day Care, Inc. | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 4 |
| Mommy Day Care | 0 |
| KANDY LAND KIDS, INC. | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 2 |
| Little Lambs Child Care Center | 4 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 10 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 3 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 4 |
| Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, Inc. | 4 |
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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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.
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 Oct 30, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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