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Licensed daycares in 18202 — West Hazleton, PA
There are 22 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 18202 — 14 licensed centers and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 302 violations across 90 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.36 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the West Hazleton average of 3.77.
No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (95 citations), followed by health and medication (67). 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 22 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
19 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 18202
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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