Program Name: Island Kids Child Care Center, LLC    License/Registration ID: 613651


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Taylor D. Vacanti Contact Title: Acting Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Jul 1, 2025 <
School District: Grand Island
Site Address: Map
1353 Ransom Road, Grand Island, NY 14072
First Licensed/Registration Date: May 29, 2013
Current Registration Period: May 29, 2023 - May 28, 2027
Phone: (716) 775-5616
Fax: (716) 775-5618
Total Capacity: 166
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 33
-Preschool: 50
-School-Age: 67
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 8/30/2023 2:52:53 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 0
-School-Age: 0

*Important Note: This self reported information on open child care slots can quickly change.


Please contact this program for the most current openings.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
Removed from referral list: Yes
This facility is approved to administer medications.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Buffalo Regional Office
Phone: (716) 847-3828
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.

 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Jun 20, 2025 Other 2025-I-BRO-047415 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jun 5, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-BRO-044383 Violations Found
Jun 4, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-BRO-044128 No New Violations
May 29, 2025 Other 2025-I-BRO-043409 Violations Found
May 28, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-BRO-042890 Violations Found
May 27, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-BRO-041741 Violations Found
Jan 31, 2025 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2025-I-BRO-021585 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 28, 2025 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2025-I-BRO-020100 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 7, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-BRO-006830 Violations Found
Oct 21, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-BRO-098946 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 12, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-BRO-053875 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 10, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-BRO-006767 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 8, 2024 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2024-I-BRO-045863 Violations Found
Mar 27, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-BRO-040162 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 19, 2024 Other 2024-I-BRO-038388 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 12, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-BRO-037902 No New Violations
Dec 12, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-BRO-006651 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 22, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-BRO-052085 No violations cited for this Inspection
Additional Inspection History

*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Jun 20, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Jun 20, 2025 418-1.14(b) Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Corrected
Jun 5, 2025 418-1.11(h)(1)(iii) The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must: in the event of an accident or illness requiring immediate health care, secure such care and notify the parent; and Not Corrected
Jun 5, 2025 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) 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, Not Corrected
May 29, 2025 413.4(d)(6) Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care. Not Corrected
May 29, 2025 418-1.8(m) There must be a director, group teacher or assistant teacher supervising all applicants, volunteers and persons in the process of approval. Not Corrected
May 28, 2025 413.4(a) The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective 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, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home: Not Corrected
May 28, 2025 418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent 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. Not Corrected
May 28, 2025 418-1.8(l)(8) Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, children under three years of age may not participate in mixed age groups except for limited periods of time at the beginning and end of the child day care center's daily operation. Not Corrected
May 28, 2025 418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child 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 care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: Not Corrected
May 28, 2025 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) 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, Not Corrected
May 27, 2025 413.4(a) The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective 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, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home: Not Corrected
May 27, 2025 418-1.8(k) The supervision ratios are as follows: Not Corrected
May 27, 2025 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Not Corrected
Jan 7, 2025 418-1.8(l)(6) When preschool children ages three years to five years are cared for in one group throughout the day, the teacher to child ratio and maximum group size applicable to the age of the majority of children must be followed. Corrected
May 8, 2024 418-1.3(o) 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. Corrected
May 8, 2024 418-1.3(o)(2) Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed. Corrected
May 8, 2024 418-1.15(c)(33) 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: documentation from the local government authority having jurisdiction for determining compliance with the Fire and Building Code of New York State showing that the facility has been inspected and approved once every 12 months during the current license period for compliance with the applicable fire safety provisions of the Fire and Building Code of New York State; Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Buffalo Regional Office
Phone: (716) 847-3828

 Enforcement History
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Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since July, 2020: Yes