CHILDREN FIRST CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING INC.
A day care center in Buffalo, New York 14218
1478 Abbott, Buffalo, New York 14218. (716) 821-7720.
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.
- 3 violations in the last three years
- Jul 92026 the latest visit on record
- 54 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?
12 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 9, 2026.
3 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
3 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
Jul 9, 2026: monitoring2 violations
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Criminal History Review and Background Clearances
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The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act in accordance with a schedule developed by the Office for any existing operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a group family day care home or family day care home:
Nov 7, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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Upon termination or resignation of the director: An approved, permanent director must be on-site, performing the duties of the position, within 90 days.
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| May 29, 2026 | Other | No violations found |
| May 13, 2026 | Mid-Point | No violations found |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Other | No violations found |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 12, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Jun 13, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Apr 26, 2024.
- School district: Lackawana.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 Infants, 20 Toddlers, 12 Preschoolers and 10 School-Aged Children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 906678, issued Apr 26, 2024, expires Apr 25, 2028.
- Capacity: 54 children.
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?
- 1 complaint in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2024 | Complaint (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?
- Takes 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 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| TINYDREAMS DAYCARE | 0 |
| Monarch Little Learners Academy | 6 |
| The Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc. | 3 |
| Rhymes and Reasons Day Care, Corp. | 5 |
| YWCA of WNY, Inc | 7 |
| CHILDREN FIRST CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING INC. This child care provider | 3 |
| LITTLE ANGELS DAYCARE OF WNY, INC. | 0 |
| Rhymes and Reasons Day Care, Corp. | 0 |
| Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc. | 5 |
| Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care | 0 |
| Bluff, Lori | 0 |
| Stepping Stones Family Day Care | 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 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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