Bowers, Tammy
A group family day care in Lockport, New York 14094
52 Prospect Street, Lockport, New York 14094. (716) 266-9157.
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 30, 2026.
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Sep 142026 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?
12 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 14, 2026.
8 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
8 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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.
Oct 15, 2024: monitoring1 violation
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Any motor vehicle, other than a public form of transportation, used to transport children in care at the group family day care home must have a current registration and inspection sticker.
Sep 25, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection 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;
Jun 20, 2024: monitoring2 violations
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Caregivers and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.
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Fluid milk, 100% juice and water, are the only beverages a caregiver may provide to children in the program.
Mar 14, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
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The program must provide parents with a written description of all animals kept on the premises prior to a child’s enrollment in the program.
Dec 18, 2023: monitoring3 violations
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The Licensee 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 caregivers 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:
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The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
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Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to any swimming pool, drainage ditches, wells, ponds or other bodies of open water located on or adjacent to the property where the day care program is located. Such barriers must be of adequate height and appropriately secured to prevent children from gaining access to such areas.
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 31, 2025 | Non-Traditional Hours | No violations found |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Monitoring | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Unsubstantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Monitoring | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Complaint | Complaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Monitoring | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Group Family Day Care, open since Nov 30, 2023.
- School district: Lockport.
- 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 906899, issued Nov 30, 2023, expires Nov 29, 2027.
- Capacity: 16 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 30, 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?
- 2 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (1), Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2024 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated). |
| Mar 14, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 101 child care providers in Niagara County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Bowers, Tammy This child care provider | 8 |
| Agri-Business Child Development | 1 |
| Sweet Angels Day Care, Inc. | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 4 |
| Mommy Day Care | 0 |
| KANDY LAND KIDS, INC. | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 2 |
| Little Lambs Child Care Center | 4 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 10 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 3 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 1 |
| YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. | 4 |
| Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, Inc. | 4 |
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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.
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Replies
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