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RAFTEDU CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER INC.

A school age child care in Ithaca, New York 14850

943 Dryden Rd, Ithaca, New York 14850. (607) 272-2658.

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.

New York’s own record, on hs.ocfs.ny.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 18 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. 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?

5 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 25, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

18 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

18 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 6, 2026: annual Unannounced8 violations
  • 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: a copy of the evacuation plan, evacuation drills, and shelter-in-place drills conducted, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, as required in sections 414.4 and 414.5 of this Part;

    Rule 414.15(c)(1).

  • 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;

    Rule 414.15(c)(6).

  • A temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit must be maintained in all rooms to be occupied by children.

    Rule 414.3(d).

  • Children cannot be left without competent direct 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 teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher 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.

    Rule 414.8(a).

  • Whenever the school-age child care program is in operation and the director is away from the premises, there must be a staff person to act on behalf of the director, who is knowledgeable about the programs operation and policies.

    Rule 414.8(g).

  • When a school-age child care program is in operation, an adequate number of qualified staff must be on duty to protect the health and safety of the children in care.

    Rule 414.8(j).

  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(i).

  • The use of any type device for social or entertainment purposes, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, using the internet, 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 414.8(n).

Nov 10, 2025: documentation Review10 violations
  • Any teacher, director, or volunteer who has not completed this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such time as the training has been completed.

    Rule 414.14(b)(1).

  • 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: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;

    Rule 414.15(c)(5).

  • 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;

    Rule 414.15(c)(6).

  • A temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit must be maintained in all rooms to be occupied by children.

    Rule 414.3(d).

  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Rule 414.4(b)(1). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 414.5(a).

  • Play equipment must be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and instructions, be in good repair, and be placed in a safe location.

    Rule 414.5(n)(2).

  • Children cannot be left without competent direct 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 teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher 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.

    Rule 414.8(a).

  • When a school-age child care program is in operation, an adequate number of qualified staff must be on duty to protect the health and safety of the children in care.

    Rule 414.8(j).

  • for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Rule 414.8(k)(1)(i).

All 5 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 25, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 8, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 21, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jan 6, 2026Annual Unannounced8 violations cited
Nov 10, 2025Documentation Review10 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • School Age Child Care, open since Oct 22, 2025.
  • School district: Ithaca.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 47 School-Aged Children.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Registration 940811, issued Oct 22, 2025, expires Oct 21, 2029.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • No complaints in the last three years.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 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.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 68 child care providers in Tompkins County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 18.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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