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Pocono Services for Families and Children

212 W 4th St, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
licensed capacity
131
open each week
5 days

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About Pocono Services for Families and Children

Pocono Services for Families and Children is a child care center in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It is certified by the state, for up to 131 children.

It is open Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. It describes its programs: after-school care, before-school care, head start and infant care.

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning made 2 visits in the last 3 years and cited 13 rules across 2 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

InfantsPreschool / pre-KBefore- and after-schoolAccepts child care subsidy
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Type
Child care center
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Hours today
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Licensed capacity
131 children

Hours

Hours

MondayToday7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Tuesday7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Wednesday7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Thursday7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Friday7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
SaturdayNot listed
SundayNot listed
From the state license

Programs

Programs and care

ProgramsAfter-school care, before-school care, head start, infant care, pre-k, preschool and toddler care
Child care subsidyAccepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license
MoreFounded 1965
Licensed capacity131 childrenFrom the state license
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State record

Inspection reports for Pocono Services for Families and Children

License

Status
Certified by the state and operating
License type
Certificate of Compliance
Capacity
131 children
License number
#CER-00244844
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Summary

2 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Aug 19, 2025: 3 rules cited

Rules cited on 2 of 2 visits · 13 rules in all · 13 corrected

  • Staff training and qualifications 4
  • Building, equipment and play areas 3
  • Background checks 3
  • Safety and hazards 2
  • Records and paperwork 1

For comparison: 93% of Pennsylvania daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 14.

A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

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  1. Aug 19, 2025Inspection3 rules cited
    • Building, equipment and play areas

      3270.71/3270.76 Heat Source/Building Surfaces

      “A renewal inspection occured at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. In the infant room, a bottle warmer was found accessible to children. The bottle warmer contained a warning to keep out of reach of children and infants/toddlers were observed receiving care in this room at the time of the inspeciton. Staff indicated they had recently used the warmer to warm up a bottle.”

      Correction date in the state record: Aug 19, 2025

    • Building, equipment and play areas

      3270.67(c) No insects or rodents

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review. In the Sunshine Room, rodent feces was observed in the corner, on the floor, near the sink.”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 19, 2025

    • Background checks

      3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Comply with CPSL/CPSL information

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The CPSL requires clearances to be updated atleast every 60 months. The following staff did not update their clerance(s) at least every 60 months: Staff #1 (NSOR previous 1/9/20, current 7/3/25) and Staff #2 (NSOR previous 6/16/20, current 6/20/25).”

      Correction date in the state record: Aug 19, 2025

  2. Aug 26, 2024Inspection10 rules cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff person #5 and #7 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): health and safety training. Staff person #2 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): pediatric first aid/CPR.”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Background checks

      3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Comply with CPSL/CPSL information

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The CPSL requires clearances to be updated every 60 months. Staff #1 did not update their child abuse clearance timely (previous 6/7/19, current 6/11/24). Staff #3 also did not update their clearances timely (state police 8/9/16 and 9/19/21, child abuse 8/30/16 and 9/22/21, FBI 8/12/16 and 9/28/21).”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Background checks

      3270.32(a) Comply with CPSL

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff #1, #6 and #7 have not completed mandated reporter training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the trainings documented as follows: Staff #1 (previous 12/28/15, current 4/19/21), Staff #6 (pervious 9/6/16, current 9/21/21) and Staff #7 (previous 9/5/16, current 1/25/22).”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.34(a)(6) Staff evaluations

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The following staff evaluations were not conducted on an annual basis as required by regulation: Staff #4 (previous 8/14/23, current 9/1/24) and Staff #5 (previous 7/20/23, current 8/5/24).”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Building, equipment and play areas

      3270.76/3270.77(a) Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review as conducted. Dirty and dusty vents, ceiling tiles and light covers were observed in: Shining Stars, Bright Stars, Discovery Preschool and Sunflower 2. Peeling paint was found in the bathroom of Bright Stars. A hole was found in the bathroom of the Discovery Preschool. All areas listed were identified and addressed with the staff at the time of the inspection.”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.31(e)(4)(i) Age and Training

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires pediatric first aid training to be updated prior to the previous training experiencing. Staff #3 did not update their pediatric first aid/CPR training before the previous training expired (previous 6/10/22, current 6/28/24).”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Records and paperwork

      3270.124(f)/3270.181(c) Updated every 6 months/Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires the emergency contact and agreement forms to be updated at least every 6 months. The following children's emergency contact forms were not update at least every 6 months: Child #1 (previous 8/25/23, current 4/16/24), Child #2 (previous 9/14/23), Child #4 (previous 10/6/22), Child #5 (previous 9/5/23, current 4/4/24), Child #6 (previous 9/5/23, current 4/4/24) and Child #7 (previous 10/30/23, current 8/5/24). The following children's agreement forms were not updated at least every 6 months: Child #1 (previous 9/6/23, current 6/2/24), Child #4 (previous 9/6/23, current 6/3/24), Child #5 (previous 9/15/23, current 4/5/24) and Child #6 (previous 6/3/24, current 4/4/24).”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The OCDEL Announcement C-22-06 requires all current child care staff who completed the previous health and safety pre-service training modules prior to October 4, 2022 to complete the Pennsylvania Health and Safety Update 2022 by December 30, 2022. Staff # 1 did not complete this training until 2/14/23.”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Safety and hazards

      3270.31(e)(4)(ii) Fire safety - 1 yr.

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in fire safety training on an annual basis. Staff #5 did not participate in annual fire safety (previous 4/24/23 and current 5/3/24).”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

    • Safety and hazards

      3270.94(a)(1) Every 60 days

      “A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of the facility's fire drill log was conducted. Regulation requires fire drills to occur at least once every 60 days. The following drill lapsed occurring at least every 60 days: 2/9/24 - 4/16/24.”

      Correction date in the state record: Sep 13, 2024

  3. Aug 21, 2023Inspection2 rules cited
    • Safety and hazards

      3270.94(a)(2) Different times of day

      “Per facility fire drill log, all fire drills conducted between July 2022 and July 2023 were conducted in the morning.”

      Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2023

    • Background checks

      3270.32(a) Comply with CPSL

      “Staff Person #1 resided outside of Pennsylvania in the 5 years prior to employment at the facility and did not have the state sex offender registry search on file. State Sex offender search completed for Staff Person #1 at time of inspection.”

      Correction date in the state record: Aug 21, 2023

  4. Mar 22, 2023Complaint investigation1 rule cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      3270.182(7) Reports of accidents, injuries and illnesses. Original report - parent same day Copy - facility accident file. Copy - child's file

      “Per inspection at facility on 3/22/23 it was revealed that on March 3, 2023, child #1 fell while outside on the playground causing an injury to his lip. Staff #1 did not complete and provide an injuries report for the parent on the day of the accident.”

      Correction date in the state record: Mar 13, 2023

  5. Aug 2, 2022Inspection2 rules cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

      “Staff person #-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 & 12- have acceptable pediatric first aid/CPR training in an approved curriculum; however, the trainer has not provided documentation that they are PQAS-certified in that training topic.”

      Correction date in the state record: Aug 13, 2022

    • Safety and hazards

      3270.27(a)(6)/3270.27(f) Emergency plan/Emergency plan

      “Inspection on 8/2/22 did not reveal a record of a drill log. Also Inspection on 8/2/22 revealed that the plan has not been sent to the local municipality.”
  6. Aug 2, 2022Inspection2 rules cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

      “Staff person #-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 & 12- have acceptable pediatric first aid/CPR training in an approved curriculum; however, the trainer has not provided documentation that they are PQAS-certified in that training topic.”

      Correction date in the state record: Aug 13, 2022

    • Safety and hazards

      3270.27(a)(6)/3270.27(f) Emergency plan/Emergency plan

      “Inspection on 8/2/22 did not reveal a record of a drill log. Also Inspection on 8/2/22 revealed that the plan has not been sent to the local municipality.”
  7. Jun 30, 2022Complaint investigation2 rules cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

      “Staff person #1, #2, #4 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet):Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR. Staff person #3 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and Safety Topics.”

      Correction date in the state record: Jul 26, 2022

    • Records and paperwork

      3270.132(a) Contact parent/keep record

      “On 6/22/22, Child #1 fell and hit his face causing damage to his teeth and requiring emergency medical care. The incident occurred at approximately 11:30am. Parent was not notified of the incident until approximately 1:15pm despite child's repeated complaints of pain.”

      Correction date in the state record: Jun 23, 2022

  8. Jun 30, 2022Inspection2 rules cited
    • Staff training and qualifications

      3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

      “Staff person #1, #2, #4 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet):Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR. Staff person #3 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and Safety Topics.”

      Correction date in the state record: Jul 26, 2022

    • Records and paperwork

      3270.132(a) Contact parent/keep record

      “On 6/22/22, Child #1 fell and hit his face causing damage to his teeth and requiring emergency medical care. The incident occurred at approximately 11:30am. Parent was not notified of the incident until approximately 1:15pm despite child's repeated complaints of pain.”

      Correction date in the state record: Jun 23, 2022

Copied from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning on October 2, 2026; the state's records start around Jun 2021. Rule wording, severity and dates are the state's.

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Questions about Pocono Services for Families and Children

Is Pocono Services for Families and Children licensed?

Yes. Pocono Services for Families and Children is certified by the state and operating. This is how Pennsylvania authorizes this type of child care.

When was Pocono Services for Families and Children last inspected?

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning lists the most recent visit on August 19, 2025, with 3 rules cited. It lists 2 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Pocono Services for Families and Children had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 13 rules across 2 of 2 visits in the last 3 years; 13 show a correction in the state record. For comparison: 93% of Pennsylvania daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 14. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

How many children can Pocono Services for Families and Children care for?

131, the licensed capacity on the state record.

Does Pocono Services for Families and Children accept child care subsidies?

Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.

What are Pocono Services for Families and Children's hours?

Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. These are the hours on the state record. Holiday hours can differ.

How much does Pocono Services for Families and Children cost?

It has not listed its tuition. Call (570) 517-6600 to ask.

What is Pocono Services for Families and Children's phone number?

(570) 517-6600.

Where is Pocono Services for Families and Children?

212 W 4th St, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301. The nearest other daycare we list is Alphabet Express Child Day Care Center, 0.3 miles away.

Sources: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (license and visits).