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24-Hour Daycare in Pennsylvania

24-hour daycares in Pennsylvania, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

24-hour daycares listed
10
towns
6
town has its own 24-hour daycare page
1
of all Pennsylvania daycares
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Map of Pennsylvania: each dot is a town with 24-hour daycares, sized by how many are listed

Open 24 hours
What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record run around the clock (23 hours 45 minutes or more) on the days it lists.These are the hours the state record lists, not a promise of an open night spot; call to ask.

Pennsylvania

Largest towns for 24-hour daycare in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia4 24-hour daycaresReading2 24-hour daycaresCoatesville1 24-hour daycareLancaster1 24-hour daycareMonroeville1 24-hour daycarePittsburgh1 24-hour daycare

Programs

Programs in Pennsylvania

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares6,471
Take infants898
Child care centers4,955
Accept subsidy5,759
In-home daycares1,516
Christian & church daycares320
Montessori schools131
Preschools & pre-K1,317
24-hour daycare10
Night daycare294
Early morning daycare2,348
Weekend daycare237
Part-time daycare351
Drop-in daycare63
After-school care3,376
Bilingual daycare45
Head Start174

The Pennsylvania state record

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Pennsylvania state records

Before you enroll

Choosing 24-hour care in Pennsylvania

  1. 1

    Ask where children sleep

    Ask where and on what children sleep overnight, and how many children share a room.

  2. 2

    Ask who is awake at night

    Ask how many caregivers are on at night and whether one stays awake the whole time.

  3. 3

    Ask how nights are booked

    Ask whether you book nights ahead, by the week or by the shift, and how short notice can be.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and the inspection record.

Pennsylvania

Cost, inspections and ratios in Pennsylvania

Daycare cost in PennsylvaniaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Pennsylvania inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in PennsylvaniaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for PennsylvaniaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 6 Pennsylvania towns with 24-hour daycare, A to Z

C1 town
L1 town
M1 town
P2 towns
R1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

New York18,819 daycaresOhio8,684 daycaresMaryland6,602 daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycaresDelaware1,189 daycaresWest Virginia1,180 daycares

Questions

Questions about 24-hour daycare in Pennsylvania

How many 24-hour daycares are in Pennsylvania?

10 24-hour daycares are listed in 6 Pennsylvania towns. These are the hours the state record lists, not a promise of an open night spot; call to ask.

Which Pennsylvania town has the most 24-hour daycares?

Philadelphia, with 4 listed. Next are Reading (2) and Coatesville (1).

Which daycares in Pennsylvania are open 24 hours?

10 daycares list hours around the clock on the state license record in Pennsylvania: 10 on all seven days. Call to confirm the hours your family needs.

What is 24-hour daycare?

A daycare licensed to care for children at any hour, including overnight, usually for parents who work night or rotating shifts. Ask how overnight care works: where children sleep, who is awake with them and whether you book nights ahead.

Who licenses daycares in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.