LIVERPOOL N.Y. — A Liverpool day care center has been ordered to immediately stop operating after New York State suspended its license, citing evidence that children or the public may face an imminent danger.
The New York State Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) suspended the license for KinderCare Learning Center at 3787 Canvasback Dr. on July 15.
According to OCFS, a suspended license means a child care program “has been closed because there is evidence that the public health or a child’s safety or welfare is in imminent danger.”
The agency says a suspended program must immediately cease operations. The suspension remains in effect until the conditions leading to the action are corrected, the license is revoked or the provider successfully challenges the decision.
The center, which has been licensed since 2001, is approved to care for up to 138 children, including 24 infants, 53 toddlers and 61 preschool-aged children.
In a statement, a KinderCare spokesperson said:
Yesterday, licensing officials informed us that our center needed to close. We’re committed to providing children and families with the highest quality care possible and have already taken steps to address the state’s feedback. We also plan to appeal the state’s decision with the goal of reopening our center as soon as possible.
State records show the facility had uncorrected violations following a substantiated complaint investigation completed July 10, just five days before the suspension.
The compliance report lists numerous uncorrected violations involving child safety, staffing and supervision, emergency preparedness, health care plans, medication administration, immunization records, infant feeding documentation, evacuation drills and required safety plans during investigations. Records also show an uncorrected violation requiring the program to take precautions to prevent serious injury to children in its care.
Inspection records show the center was the subject of multiple substantiated complaint investigations over the past two years, with the most recent on July 10 finding violations.
Additional substantiated complaints and monitoring inspections dating back to 2024 also resulted in violations, according to the OCFS compliance history.