Hearth Record

RAYITO DE LUZ (LITTLE RAYS OF LIGHT)

A family day care in Syracuse, New York 13208

713 Spring Street, Syracuse, New York 13208.

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 Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 10 violations in 5 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?

13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Oct 19, 2026.

10 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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

10 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

10 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 9, 2025: monitoring2 violations
  • The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child’s health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional compentencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child.

    Rule 417.11(a)(2).

  • Pursuant to New York Public Health Law Section 2500-h, the program must comply with the anaphylaxis policy jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health and any amendments thereto. The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter. Notification shall include contact information for parents to engage further with the program to learn more about individualized aspects of the anaphylaxis policy.

    Rule 417.5(aa).

Jul 23, 2025: complaint investigation3 violations
  • The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child’s health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional compentencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child.

    Rule 417.11(a)(2). From a complaint.

  • 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: children’s individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child’s medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

    Rule 417.15(c)(6). From a complaint. Corrected during the inspection.

  • Pursuant to New York Public Health Law Section 2500-h, the program must comply with the anaphylaxis policy jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health and any amendments thereto. The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter. Notification shall include contact information for parents to engage further with the program to learn more about individualized aspects of the anaphylaxis policy.

    Rule 417.5(aa). From a complaint.

Jul 3, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • Each family day care home shall require visitors to the home to: indicate in writing the date of the visit and the time of entry to the home;

    Rule 417.8(p)(1)(ii).

Jul 2, 2024: complaint investigation2 violations
  • 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: children’s individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child’s medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

    Rule 417.15(c)(6). From a complaint.

  • 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). From a complaint. Corrected during the inspection.

Jun 24, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • Every bathroom door lock must be designed to permit opening of the locked door from the outside in an emergency. The opening device must be readily accessible.

    Rule 417.5(s)(2). Corrected during the inspection.

May 23, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • A written Individual Health Care Plan must be developed for the child;

    Rule 417.11(h)(5)(i). Corrected during the inspection.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 19, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 13, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 9, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Mar 20, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 9, 2025Monitoring2 violations cited
Jul 23, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Unsubstantiated); 3 violations cited
Apr 30, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 21, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Oct 16, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 15, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 3, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Jul 2, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Unsubstantiated); 2 violations cited
Jun 24, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
May 23, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Nov 27, 2023Annual UnannouncedNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Care, open since Aug 8, 2023.
  • School district: Syracuse.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Registration 900420, issued Aug 8, 2023, expires Aug 7, 2027.
Source:

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 22, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (2).
Source:

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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Jul 23, 2025Complaint (Unsubstantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated).
Jul 2, 2024Complaint (Unsubstantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated).

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.
Source:

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 404 child care providers in Onondaga County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 10.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 404 in Onondaga County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
RAYITO DE LUZ (LITTLE RAYS OF LIGHT) This child care provider10
Minor League Day Care27
Little Giants21
The Golden Age For Kids0
The Gingerbread House Preschool & Childcare Center21
Yolis Day Care3
Brown, Vernessa11
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County9
Academy at Pompei Pre-K35
Salermo, Mayra21
Carrasquillo, Dora5
Elmcrest Children’s Center36
Love and Learning Childcare5

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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Paid listing

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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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