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Licensed daycares in 18702 — Wilkes Barre, PA
There are 14 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 18702 — 10 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 220 violations across 56 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.93 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Wilkes Barre average of 3.73.
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 (72 citations), followed by physical safety (46). 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 14 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
1 provider.
1–3 violations in 3 years
2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
11 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
1 provider with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 18702
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
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