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Licensed daycares in 18071 — Palmerton, PA
There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 18071, with a combined licensed capacity of 298 children. Together they have been cited for 19 violations across 17 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.12 violations per inspection, which is below the Palmerton average of 2.67.
2 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 2 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is caregiver-to-child ratio (6 citations), followed by physical safety (5). 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 4 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
2 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
1 provider. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
1 provider. 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 18071
Caregiver-to-child ratio is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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