Program Name: The Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 879909


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Rebecca L. Vishion Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Pending Revocation  <
Nov 21, 2024 <
School District: Lockport
Site Address: Map
85 North Adam Street, Lockport, NY 14094
First Licensed/Registration Date: Nov 22, 2021
Current Registration Period: Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 21, 2025
Phone: (716) 216-3990
Fax:
Total Capacity: 120
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 120
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:

* Important Note: This child care provider has not provided enrollment information for posting on the OCFS website.


To learn about current openings, please contact the program directly.


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  
Oct 23, 2024 Other 2024-I-BRO-102571 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 22, 2024 Other 2024-I-BRO-102570 Violations Found
Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 21, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-BRO-102199 Violations Found
Oct 7, 2024 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2024-I-BRO-098761 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 2, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-BRO-096778 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 1, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-BRO-077350 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 21, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-BRO-013214 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 28, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-BRO-039836 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jan 25, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-BRO-019726 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 7, 2023 Mid-Point 2023-I-BRO-054275 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 20, 2023 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2023-I-BRO-052081 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 20, 2023 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2023-I-BRO-051848 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 29, 2023 Fire Safety - Other 2023-I-BRO-041901 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 6, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-BRO-034371 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 23, 2023 Self Reported Serious Incident 2023-I-BRO-028941 No violations cited for this Inspection
May 2, 2023 Other 2023-I-BRO-026901 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 14, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-BRO-013886 Violations Found
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: Oct 23, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Oct 22, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 22, 2024 418-1.9(a) 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. Not Corrected
Oct 22, 2024 418-1.9(h) Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. Not Corrected
Oct 21, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 21, 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. Not Corrected
Oct 21, 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: Not Corrected
Oct 21, 2024 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
Mar 14, 2023 418-1.11(f)(21) In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription. 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 December, 2019: Yes