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The state of licensed child care in Pennsylvania

Updated July 2026 · computed from official Pennsylvania licensing data · methodology · download the dataset (CC0)

Headline numbers

Pennsylvania has 7,477 licensed childcare facilities in our data. Pennsylvania does not yet publish machine-readable violation records — this page covers the licensing landscape, and violation analysis will be added when the data becomes available (coverage details). 20.6% are family home providers;

Violations per facility, by city

Cities with at least 10 licensed facilities, ranked by recorded violations per facility.

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Erie 10500
Media 1700
Ebensburg 1000
Altoona 3400
Philadelphia 173000
Harrisburg 11800
Carlisle 3200
Butler 1900
Kittanning 1100
State College 3100

Largest operators

OperatorFacilitiesViolations across portfolio
KUEHG Corporation750
GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA740
KCE CHAMPIONS LLC510
ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT480
RIGHT AT SCHOOL LLC480
AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA420
A CHILDS PLACE EXTENDED CARE INC420
PIC OF WESTMORELAND and FAYETTE COUNTY INC370
CEN-CLEAR CHILD SERVICES INC320
WESTMORELAND HUMAN OPPORTUNITIES INC320

Reuse this analysis

All numbers on this page are computed from official state licensing records and are free to cite with attribution to DaycareLens. Journalists: the underlying dataset is openly licensed (CC0), and we can provide custom cuts — press@daycarelens.com.