Ballston Area Community Center
A school age child care in Ballston Spa, New York 12020
300 Wood Rd, Ballston Spa, New York 12020. (518) 885-3261.
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.
- 12 violations in the last three years
- Aug 122026 the latest visit on record
- 60 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?
13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Aug 12, 2026.
12 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
12 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 12, 2026: monitoring3 violations
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All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, cleaning materials, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers. Such materials must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.
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for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;
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for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: the maximum group size is twenty children.
Oct 17, 2025: documentation Review2 violations
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Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office- approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position.
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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: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person’s first six months at the program.
Sep 24, 2025: monitoring2 violations
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Each school age child care program that has been issued a registration by the Office must openly display such registration, along with any restrictions, limitations and waivers to the registration, in the program for which it was issued.
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A teacher must accompany children to the bathroom whenever the bathroom used by the children in care is also available to the public or shared by multiple parties using the facility.
Feb 10, 2025: annual Unannounced3 violations
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The program must maintain on file at the program, 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; 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 program staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
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The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents.
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The program must maintain on file a record of each shelter-in-place drill conducted, using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents.
Jun 13, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.
Dec 12, 2023: monitoring1 violation
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The registrant must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program’s health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Monitoring | 3 violations cited |
| May 8, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Documentation Review | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| May 1, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | 3 violations cited |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 13, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- School Age Child Care, open since Oct 11, 2023.
- School district: Ballston Spa.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 60 School-Aged Children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Registration 902568, issued Oct 11, 2023, expires Oct 10, 2027.
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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 141 child care providers in Saratoga County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 12.
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 |
|---|---|
| Ballston Area Community Center This child care provider | 12 |
| A Mother’s Prayer Daycare | 2 |
| Ballston Area Community Center | 17 |
| Miss Donna’s Day Care | 9 |
| Delles, Barbara | 1 |
| Schultz, Kathleen | 3 |
| Maple Leaf Childcare Center Inc. | 18 |
| Maple Leaf Childcare Center Inc. | 35 |
| Bean Sprouts Day Care, Inc. | 0 |
| ABC Daycare | 10 |
| Jumper Bean | 0 |
| Saratoga Regional Young Men’s Christian Association | 8 |
| CHILDTIME CHILDCARE, INC | 16 |
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 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 Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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