Academic Plus Inc.
A school age child care in Ithaca, New York 14850
302 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, New York 14850. (607) 274-2105.
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 2, 2026.
- 9 violations in the last three years
- Sep 242026 the latest visit on record
- 157 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?
18 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 24, 2026.
9 violations cited in the last three years.
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
9 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 12, 2025: annual Unannounced1 violation
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Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: A minimum of five (5) hours of Office approved training must be obtained each year which addresses topics or subject matters set forth in 414.14(d).
Oct 9, 2024: monitoring - Enforcement1 violation
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Program activities which offer reasonable regularity in routines, including snack and meal periods, quiet activities and active play, and activities which provide children with opportunities for learning and self-expression is required.
Oct 8, 2024: complaint investigation7 violations
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Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A school-age child care program must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by a staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to section 412 of the Social Services Law.
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In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, school-age child care program staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as school-age child care program workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:
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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 incident,
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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 incident,
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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.
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Children cannot be left without competent direct 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.
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School-age child care programs must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| May 18, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | No violations found |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Monitoring - Enforcement | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 7 violations cited |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 9, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- School Age Child Care, open since Aug 15, 2023.
- School district: Ithaca.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 14 Preschoolers and 143 School-Aged Children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Registration 901342, issued Aug 15, 2023, expires Aug 14, 2027.
- Capacity: 157 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 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?
- 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (1).
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 Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 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?
- 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 68 child care providers in Tompkins County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 9.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Academic Plus Inc. This child care provider | 9 |
| Enfield School Age Program, Inc. | 28 |
| Northeast Kids Count, Inc. | 2 |
| Barber, Judy | 4 |
| Durfee, Melinda | 2 |
| Cornell Child Care Center | 29 |
| Coddington Road Community Center, Inc. | 24 |
| ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER, INC. | 21 |
| Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center | 41 |
| Ithaca Montessori School | 5 |
| YMCA SACC Year Round School’s Out Y Site | 7 |
| Community Nursery of Cayuga Heights, Inc. | 4 |
| Ithaca Community Childcare at Kendal | 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 19, 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 2, 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
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
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