Description: Our Head Start/Early Head Start Program provides services to 1,102 children and families in fifteen (15) academies. The academies are located through out the city of Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Derby, Springville, Blasdell, Gowanda, Lackawanna and Getzville. CAO Head Start/Early Head Start operates sixty-three center based classrooms and learning environments (full day and half day classroom), and home based program option.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-21 | Violation | 418-1.3(o) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All buildings used for day care centers must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable. | |||
| 2019-03-21 | Violation | 418-1.5(t) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Operating carbon monoxide detectors and alarms must be located in accordance with applicable laws, and used in all programs where children nap. | |||
| 2019-01-11 | Violation | 418-1.11(f)(7)(iv) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A staff person cannot administer medication to any child in care, if the parent's instructions differ from the instructions on the medication's packaging, until the program receives permission from a health care provider or licensed authorized prescriber on how to administer the medication. | |||
| 2018-12-03 | Violation | 418-1.8(q)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each day care center shall establish written rules and policies as are necessary to provide for monitoring and control of visitors to protect the health, safety and welfare of children in care. | |||
| 2018-12-03 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2018-09-14 | 418-1.5(a) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2018-09-07 | 418-1.15(c)(5) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2018-05-04 | 418-1.4(b)(1) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. | |||
| 2018-03-14 | 418-1.11(c)(2)(i) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: how a daily health check of each child for any indication of illness, injury, abuse or maltreatment will be conducted and documented; | |||
| 2018-03-14 | 418-1.14(n) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Every director, teacher, and volunteer with the potential for regular and substantial contact with children in care must complete Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period training requirements. | |||
| 2018-01-30 | 418-1.10(a) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: 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. | |||
| 2018-01-30 | 418-1.8(b) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. | |||
| 2018-01-29 | 418-1.10(c) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child day care center staff must report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child day care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child day care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: | |||
| 2018-01-29 | 418-1.9(j) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: 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. | |||
| 2018-01-29 | 418-1.9(m) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. | |||
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