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Jennifer Shafer

South Kortright, NY 13842 · home daycare: the provider shares the address with families
licensed capacity
8
a week, county median
$190
year first licensed
2022

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About Jennifer Shafer

Jennifer Shafer is a home daycare in South Kortright, New York. It is registered with the state (since July 5, 2022), for up to 8 children.

As a home daycare, the provider shares the address with families when you call.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services made 20 visits in the last 3 years and cited 33 rules across 13 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

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Home daycare
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Licensed capacity
8 children

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SettingFamily child care homeFrom the state license
Licensed capacity8 childrenFrom the state license

Cost

Tuition and costs

Jennifer Shafer has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a home daycare in Delaware County has a median price of $190 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).

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Delaware County medians, full time, per week

Infant

Center$247
Home daycare$190

Toddler

Center$230
Home daycare$180

Preschool

Center$200
Home daycare$175

School age

Center$194
Home daycare$175

County median full-time prices at centers and home daycares, U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (the latest year). Not this daycare's rates; prices have risen since.

State record

Inspection reports for Jennifer Shafer

License

Status
Registered with the state and operating
License type
Registered Family Day Care
Capacity
8 children
First licensed
2022
License number
#883464
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Summary

20 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Aug 7, 2026: no rules cited

Rules cited on 14 of 20 visits · 33 rules in all

  • Safety and hazards 16
  • Health, medication and illness 4
  • Staff training and qualifications 3
  • Supervision and ratios 3
  • Safe sleep 2
  • Building, equipment and play areas 2
  • Records and paperwork 2
  • Discipline and child guidance 1

For comparison: 79% of New York daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 4.

A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

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  1. Aug 7, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
  2. Jun 30, 2026Inspection3 rules cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      417.14(c)(2) Each employee and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: A minimum of five (5) hours of Office approved training must be obtained each year which addresses topics or subject matters set forth in 417.14(f).

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(y) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(j) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

      Corrected during the visit

  3. Feb 6, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
  4. Nov 4, 2025Inspection2 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      417.11(h)(5)(iii) The parent must approve, in writing, the administration of the medication as prescribed by the health care provider and keep medications current;

    • Health, medication and illness

      417.11(h)(5)(ii) The child's health care provider must issue a standing order and prescription for the medication;

  5. Aug 26, 2025Inspection5 rules cited
    • Safe sleep

      417.12(ab) Children may not be placed in a crib with a bottle, food or drink.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safe sleep

      417.7(x) Television and other electronic visual media must be turned off while children are sleeping, and during established nap times. This is not to prohibit a program from using electronic visual media for business purposes during sleep or nap time if its use does not interfere with the supervision of children.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(y) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

  6. Aug 5, 2025Inspection4 rules cited
    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(y) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(j) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safety and hazards

      417.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

  7. Jul 8, 2025Inspection4 rules cited
    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(y) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

    • Building, equipment and play areas

      417.5(n)(5) There must be a cushioned surface under all outside play equipment that present a fall hazard. Surfacing may not include concrete, asphalt, grass or hard compacted dirt.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(j) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safety and hazards

      417.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

  8. Jul 8, 2025Inspection4 rules cited
    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(y) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

    • Building, equipment and play areas

      417.5(n)(5) There must be a cushioned surface under all outside play equipment that present a fall hazard. Surfacing may not include concrete, asphalt, grass or hard compacted dirt.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(j) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safety and hazards

      417.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

  9. May 28, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
  10. May 1, 2025Inspection3 rules cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      417.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 417.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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.

    • Discipline and child guidance

      417.7(u) If television or other electronic visual media is used, it must be part of a planned developmentally appropriate program with an educational, social, physical or other learning objective that includes identified goals and objectives. Television and other electronic visual media must not be used solely to occupy time.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

      Corrected during the visit

Show 10 earlier visits
  1. Apr 23, 2025Inspection3 rules cited
    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(j) All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Safety and hazards

      417.5(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    • Safety and hazards

      417.4(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

  2. Mar 24, 2025Inspection2 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      417.11(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 compentencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child.

    • Records and paperwork

      417.5(aa) Pursuant to New York Public Health Law Section 2500-h, the program must comply with the anaphylaxis policy jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health and any amendments thereto. The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter. Notification shall include contact information for parents to engage further with the program to learn more about individualized aspects of the anaphylaxis policy.

  3. Nov 13, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  4. Sep 19, 2024Inspection1 rule cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      417.14(m) All child care programs must have at least one caregiver, who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, on the premises of the child care program during the program's operating hours.

  5. Aug 13, 2024Inspection1 rule cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      417.14(m) All child care programs must have at least one caregiver, who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, on the premises of the child care program during the program's operating hours.

  6. May 22, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  7. May 14, 2024Inspection3 rules cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      417.15(b)(20) No person other than a caregiver may have unsupervised contact with a child in care at the program.

    • Health, medication and illness

      417.11(i)(10) Children must be kept clean and comfortable at all times. Diapers must be changed when wet or soiled. The diaper changing area must be as close as possible to a sink with soap and hot and cold running water. This area or sink must not be used for food preparation. Diaper changing surfaces must be cleaned and disinfected after each use with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered product that has an EPA registration number on the label.

      Corrected during the visit

    • Supervision and ratios

      417.8(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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 417.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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.

  8. Feb 8, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  9. Jan 17, 2024Inspection1 rule cited
    • Building, equipment and play areas

      417.4(i) Trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored in the furnace room, or in rooms or outdoor areas adjacent to the home that are ordinarily occupied by or accessible to children. If there is not a separate, enclosed furnace room, trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored within four feet of the furnace.

  10. Nov 16, 2023Inspection1 rule cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      417.11(a)(1) No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.

Copied from New York State Office of Children and Family Services on October 2, 2026; the state's records start around Oct 2023. Rule wording, severity and dates are the state's.

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FAQ

Questions about Jennifer Shafer

Is Jennifer Shafer licensed?

Yes. Jennifer Shafer is registered with the state and operating, first licensed July 5, 2022. This is how New York authorizes this type of child care.

When was Jennifer Shafer last inspected?

New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists the most recent visit on August 7, 2026, with no rules cited. It lists 20 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Jennifer Shafer had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 33 rules across 14 of 20 visits in the last 3 years. For comparison: 79% of New York daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 4. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

How many children can Jennifer Shafer care for?

8, the licensed capacity on the state record.

What are Jennifer Shafer's hours?

Its hours are not listed. Call (607) 435-8411 to confirm.

How much does Jennifer Shafer cost?

It has not listed its tuition. Call (607) 435-8411 to ask.

What is Jennifer Shafer's phone number?

(607) 435-8411.

Where is Jennifer Shafer?

South Kortright, NY 13842. It is a home daycare, so the provider shares the street address with families directly.

Sources: New York State Office of Children and Family Services (license and visits) · U.S. Department of Labor, 2022 (county prices).