Precious Little Hearts Child Care
A group family day care in Buffalo, New York 14207
755 Tonawanda Street, Buffalo, New York 14207. (716) 994-6931.
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.
- 13 violations in the last three years
- Sep 92026 the latest visit on record
- 16 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?
13 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 9, 2026.
13 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
13 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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.
Jan 28, 2026: annual Unannounced1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;
Sep 9, 2025: documentation Review2 violations
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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.
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The required state topics are: adverse childhood experiences, focused on understanding trauma and on nurturing resiliency.
Jul 23, 2025: complaint investigation3 violations
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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 caregiver’s range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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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Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of whom are school age, are in care.
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When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.
Sep 4, 2024: complaint investigation2 violations
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All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Title.
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Firearms, shotguns and rifles shall be secured unloaded with an appropriate trigger locking device, or stored in a safe storage depository, as defined in 416.5(x)(3).
Apr 15, 2024: monitoring4 violations
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The resting/napping places must: be located in approved day care space;
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Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off when not part of a planned developmentally appropriate program activity.
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Children may be outside a caregiver’s range of vision only as follows: With the prior written permission of the parent, children who are napping or sleeping may do so in a room where an awake approved caregiver is not present, the doors to all rooms must be open; the approved caregiver must remain on the same floor as the children; and a functioning electronic monitor must be used in any room where children are sleeping or napping and an awake approved caregiver is not present.
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Two caregivers must be present when more than six children, none of whom are school age, are in care.
Jan 8, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
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Each applicant must complete the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements or three-month orientation period training requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Individuals who have completed Office approved training that complies with federal health and safety requirements may be left unsupervised with children. Any teacher, director, or volunteer who does not complete this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such times as the training has been completed.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 18, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Documentation Review | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 3 violations cited |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 6, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 2 violations cited |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Fire Safety - Other | No violations found |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Other | No violations found |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Monitoring | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Group Family Day Care, open since Aug 16, 2023.
- School district: Buffalo.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 902739, issued Aug 16, 2023, expires Aug 15, 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 22, 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 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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | Complaint (Substantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated). |
| Sep 4, 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 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 13.
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 |
|---|---|
| Precious Little Hearts Child Care This child care provider | 13 |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northtowns, Inc. | 1 |
| Yolanda’s Kids Paradise Day Care | 2 |
| Holy Cross Head Start, Inc. | 2 |
| Holy Cross Head Start, Inc. | 0 |
| Munchkin Land Day Care Center, Inc | 1 |
| Grow With Us Day Care, Inc. | 7 |
| The YWCA of Western New York, Inc. | 11 |
| BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC. | 23 |
| AJAMO’S RAINBOW CHILDREN DAYCARE LLC | 0 |
| Omba, Beni | 7 |
| Curry, Sharaina | 4 |
| Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc | 3 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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