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Licensed daycares in 16602 — Altoona, PA
There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 16602 — 13 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 254 violations across 78 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.26 violations per inspection, which is above the Altoona average of 1.67.
No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. 2 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is physical safety (52 citations), followed by health and medication (50). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning and links back to the state's own document.
Compare all 15 providers
1–3 violations in 3 years
3 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
12 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
2 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 16602
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
A note on Pennsylvania records
Pennsylvania does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Pennsylvania does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error