Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc (PS59A)
A day care center in Buffalo, New York 14211
50 A Street, Buffalo, New York 14211. (716) 912-9730.
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.
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Sep 162026 the latest visit on record
- 18 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 16, 2026.
8 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
8 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. 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.
Feb 3, 2026: fire Safety - Alternate Year4 violations
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Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed.
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Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.
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Trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored in the furnace room or in rooms or outdoor areas adjacent to the facility that are ordinarily occupied by or accessible to children.
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The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately.
Dec 9, 2025: monitoring1 violation
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.
Apr 25, 2025: no Approved Director1 violation
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Upon termination or resignation of the director:
Mar 12, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
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Fire detection, alarm and firefighting equipment appropriate to the type of building construction, size, height and occupancy must be provided, maintained and operate as designed.
Dec 7, 2023: monitoring1 violation
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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.
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 25, 2025 | No Approved Director | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Dec 12, 2022.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 18 Preschoolers.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 892314, issued Dec 12, 2022, expires Dec 11, 2026.
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?
- No complaints 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.
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.
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 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc (PS59A) This child care provider | 8 |
| Hands of Joy Day Care | 1 |
| HEART TO HEART CHILD CARE CENTER | 0 |
| Lana’s Land of Learning Family Day Care LLC | 5 |
| New Creation Family Day Care | 4 |
| The Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc. | 22 |
| Our Family Daycare | 1 |
| Grandma’s Hands Family Daycare | 9 |
| Brinson’s Family Day Care LLC | 2 |
| Alexander, Brandi | 1 |
| Indispensable Kids | 3 |
| LISAS LEARN AND PLAY, INC. | 0 |
| Tawakal Daycare | 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 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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