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In-Home Daycares in Pennsylvania

An in-home daycare is a licensed family child care home: the provider looks after a small group of children in their own home.

in-home daycares listed
1,516
towns
326
towns have their own in-home daycares page
88
of all Pennsylvania daycares
23%

Map of Pennsylvania: each dot is a town with in-home daycares, sized by how many are listed

In-home daycare
What puts a daycare on this listThe state license record lists it as a family or group child care home (family child care), where the provider cares for a small group in their own home. Where no state license record is available, its business listing names it a family day care.Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

In-home daycare

What in-home daycare looks like in Pennsylvania

The typical licensed capacity of a Pennsylvania in-home daycare
6 children
The median capacity on 1,516 Pennsylvania home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
564
Pennsylvania licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (952 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (564), with an assistant and more children.

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Largest towns for in-home daycares in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia452 in-home daycaresAllentown167 in-home daycaresPittsburgh62 in-home daycaresLebanon44 in-home daycaresErie40 in-home daycaresLancaster38 in-home daycaresHarrisburg27 in-home daycaresHazleton19 in-home daycaresYork19 in-home daycaresChambersburg16 in-home daycaresReading13 in-home daycaresCoatesville11 in-home daycares

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 an in-home daycare in Pennsylvania

  1. 1

    Ask who else is in the home

    Ask who lives in the home and who helps with the children. Many states require background checks for adults living in a licensed home.

  2. 2

    Ask about backup care

    With one provider, a sick day or vacation closes the daycare. Ask how many days a year they close and what families do then.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask how many children come each day and their ages. A home daycare often mixes babies and school-age children in one group.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open the daycare's page here to see its license type, capacity and the state's inspection record, where we hold them.

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 326 Pennsylvania towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A10 towns
B19 towns
C33 towns
D15 towns
E14 towns
F10 towns
G11 towns
H23 towns
I5 towns
J7 towns
K4 towns
L20 towns
M37 towns
N13 towns
O9 towns
P16 towns
Q2 towns
R10 towns
S29 towns
T13 towns
U4 towns
V1 town
W18 towns
Y2 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

New York11,811 in-home daycaresMaryland3,997 in-home daycaresOhio1,796 in-home daycaresWest Virginia701 in-home daycaresDelaware591 in-home daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Pennsylvania

How many in-home daycares are in Pennsylvania?

1,516 in-home daycares are listed in 326 Pennsylvania towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Pennsylvania town has the most in-home daycares?

Philadelphia, with 452 listed. Next are Allentown (167) and Pittsburgh (62).

What is the difference between in-home daycare and family child care?

They are the same thing. State licenses call it a family child care home (or a group or large family home when there is an assistant): a provider caring for a small group of children in their own home.

How many children can a home daycare have in Pennsylvania?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Pennsylvania home daycare license here is for 6 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

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.