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Little Genius Center for Learning LLC (511)

A day care center in Clifton Park, New York 12065

511 Moe Rd, Clifton Park, New York 12065. (518) 930-0025.

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 18 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Every month

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?

16 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Jul 22, 2026.

18 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

18 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

18 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 4, 2025: self-Report1 violation
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 418-1.5(a).

Nov 19, 2025: monitoring - Enforcement1 violation
  • The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, 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; 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 child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

    Rule 418-1.15(c)(6).

Sep 30, 2025: complaint investigation10 violations
  • Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an 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.

    Rule 418-1.10(a). From a complaint.

  • Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an 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.

    Rule 418-1.10(a). From a complaint.

  • Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

    Rule 418-1.10(c)(1). From a complaint.

  • 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,

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii). From a complaint.

  • The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(4). From a complaint.

  • The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(4). From a complaint.

  • The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

    Rule 418-1.9(a). From a complaint.

  • The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

    Rule 418-1.9(a). From a complaint.

  • The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

    Rule 418-1.9(b). From a complaint.

  • The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

    Rule 418-1.9(b). From a complaint.

Sep 26, 2025: complaint investigation4 violations
  • Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an 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.

    Rule 418-1.10(a). From a complaint.

  • Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications.

    Rule 418-1.13(a)(1). From a complaint.

  • The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

    Rule 418-1.9(a). From a complaint.

  • Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child’s mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like.

    Rule 418-1.9(j). From a complaint.

Feb 24, 2025: self Reported Serious Incident1 violation
  • The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children’s safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program.

    Rule 418-1.8(n).

Feb 5, 2025: complaint investigation1 violation
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 418-1.5(a). From a complaint.

All 20 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 22, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 15, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 21, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Dec 4, 2025Self-Report1 violation cited
Nov 19, 2025Monitoring - Enforcement1 violation cited
Sep 30, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 6 violations cited
Sep 30, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 4 violations cited
Sep 26, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 4 violations cited
Aug 7, 2025Self-ReportNo violations found
Jul 31, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 24, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Mar 27, 2025Fire Safety - TANo violations found
Mar 26, 2025Self Reported Serious IncidentNo violations found
Feb 24, 2025Self Reported Serious Incident1 violation cited
Feb 20, 2025Self Reported Serious IncidentNo violations found
Feb 5, 2025ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Nov 14, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 12, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
May 8, 2024Self Reported Serious IncidentNo violations found
Mar 21, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Mar 19, 2024.
  • School district: Shenendehowa.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 14 Infants, 18 Preschoolers and 32 School-Aged Children.
  • Approved by New York to give medication.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 914094, issued Mar 19, 2024, expires Mar 18, 2028.
  • Capacity: 64 children.
Source:

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?

  • 4 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Substantiated) (4).
Source:

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.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Sep 30, 2025Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Sep 30, 2025Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Sep 26, 2025Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).
Feb 5, 2025Complaint (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?

  • Takes part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

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 18.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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