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Licensed daycares in 16501Erie, PA

There are 8 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 16501, with a combined licensed capacity of 1,246 children. Together they have been cited for 549 violations across 83 inspections in the past three years, an average of 6.61 violations per inspection, which is below the Erie average of 10.42.

One provider has a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 1 facility currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (155 citations), followed by health and medication (121). 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 8 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Barbs Childcare Center Llc

Center · Capacity 44 · 145 W 18Th St

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

7 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Abc 24 Hr Child Care Above And Beyond 24 Hr Ch

Center · Capacity 80 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 1325 State St · Last inspected May 18, 2026

134 violationsActive
Downtown Ymca

Center · Capacity 270 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 31 W 10TH ST CORNER OF 10TH & PEACH · Last inspected Mar 3, 2026

94 violationsActive
Downtown Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 175 · 121 E 10th St · Last inspected Mar 18, 2026

78 violationsActive

No longer operating

1 provider with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.

Heavenly Hands Early Learning Childcare Academy

Family day home · Capacity 12 · 1226 French St · Last inspected Mar 17, 2026

31 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 16501

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

2

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

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