Program Name: Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 688997


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Ann M. Bell Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Jamestown
Site Address: Map
1135 N Main St, Jamestown, NY 14701
First Licensed/Registration Date: Feb 3, 2014
Current Registration Period: Feb 3, 2024 - Feb 2, 2028
Phone: (716) 661-9430
Fax: (716) 484-4821
Total Capacity: 244
-Infants: 48
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 196
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 11/17/2025 11:26:49 AM
-Infants: 12
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 4
-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: No
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  
Mar 27, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-BRO-006473 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 3, 2025 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2025-I-BRO-114946 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 6, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-BRO-105535 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 25, 2025 Self-Report 2025-I-BRO-103406 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 10, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-BRO-050545 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 5, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-BRO-044624 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 16, 2025 Monitoring - Enforcement 2024-I-BRO-116564 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 11, 2025 Self Reported Serious Incident 2025-I-BRO-027799 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 19, 2025 Other 2025-I-BRO-024801 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 14, 2025 Other 2025-I-BRO-023845 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 13, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-BRO-023572 Violations Found
Feb 11, 2025 Complaint (Substantiated) 2025-I-BRO-023234 Violations Found
Jan 15, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-BRO-007690 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 6, 2024 Other 2024-I-BRO-105465 Violations Found
Oct 31, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-BRO-104479 Violations Found
Aug 6, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-BRO-007672 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 29, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-BRO-048677 Violations Found
May 8, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-BRO-045789 Violations Found
May 6, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-BRO-045352 No violations cited for this Inspection
Apr 5, 2024 Serious Injury 2024-I-BRO-040982 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: Mar 27, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Feb 13, 2025 418-1.7(w) Children unable to sleep during nap time shall not be confined to a sleeping surface (cot, crib, etc) but instead must be offered a supervised place for quiet play. Corrected
Feb 13, 2025 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Feb 13, 2025 418-1.10(c)(1) 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. Corrected
Feb 13, 2025 418-1.15(b)(4) The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. Corrected
Feb 11, 2025 418-1.9(j) 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. Corrected
Feb 11, 2025 418-1.15(b)(4) The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. Corrected
Nov 6, 2024 418-1.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. Corrected
Nov 6, 2024 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. Corrected
Nov 6, 2024 418-1.8(b) The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. Corrected
Nov 6, 2024 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: Corrected
Oct 31, 2024 418-1.9(j) 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. Corrected
Oct 31, 2024 418-1.10(a) 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. Corrected
May 29, 2024 418-1.9(j) 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. Corrected
May 29, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
May 29, 2024 418-1.10(a) 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. Corrected
May 29, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
May 8, 2024 418-1.11(a)(2) The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the staff will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child. 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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The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since April, 2021: Yes