Here We Grow Childcare And Early Learning Center
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Teachers are the least friendly people I've ever met. I always try to look for the positive but simply can't think of one thing. If you address concerns with director, nothing gets done.
I could give this place a zero I would! The staff and management are undeniably horrific! Unapproachable and untrustworthy are just a few words to describe management and inexperienced with children and how different ages operate and how to deal with different children's personalities is only the beginning to describe the staff. Numerous occasions my children have picked up hand foot and mouth disease, and this comes from hygienic measures the staff takes while changing diapers, I have picked my potty trained child up with wet/dirty pants because of inaccurate bathroom privileges. When approached with these situations management blew off my concerns and said their staff is more than capable of taking care of kids and they are good workers. I highly suggest others to pull out and to find a different center.
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About the Provider
We are a full service child care offering clean, comfortable, affordable care to children ages 3 mos to 12 yrs. Breakfast, lunch, and snack are served daily. We have both part and full time preschool and pre-k, both with licensed teachers. Mid-Valley School Dist. and Jermyn Headstart pick up and drop off in our parking lot.
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.102(c) - Outdoor equip.- protective surfacing | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.102(c) Description: Outdoor equip.- protective surfacing Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26 certification rep observed embedded play equipment in the preschool playground have less than 9 inches of mulch. In the area at the end of the slide, the ground surface could be observed. Correction Required: Outdoor equipment that requires embedded mounting must be mounted over a loose-fill or unitary playground protective surface covering that meets the recommendations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The equipment must be anchored firmly and be in good repair. TIERED LIS: 1. Children will not be permitted to use the outdoor play equipment until the required mulch is in place. This portion of the plan shall have an immediate correction plan. 2. Outdoor equipment that requires embedded mounting must be mounted over a loose-fill or unitary playground protective surface covering that meets the recommendations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The equipment must be anchored firmly and be in good repair. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 1. Children will not be permitted to use the embedded play equipment until the required mulch is in place. 8/17/26 2. CEO ordered additional mulch to be delivered to the playground to meet the 9-inch requirement. Director and CEO raked mulch around the embedded structure. 8/20/26 |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.111(a) - Written plan | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.111(a) Description: Written plan Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, there was no daily schedule posted in the T1B classroom. Correction Required: A written plan of daily activities and routines, including a time for free play shall be established for each group. The plan shall be flexible to accommodate the needs of individual children and the dynamics of the group. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Assistant Director printed and posted the daily classroom schedule in T1B. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)(3) Description: Services proceeded Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, child files were reviewed. More than 6 months passed since the most recent child service reports on file for children # 2 (dated 1/12/26), # 3 (dated 1/6/26), # 4 (dated 12/30/25), and #5 (dated 1/15/26). Correction Required: The services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information in § 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director and teachers of children #2, #3, #4, and #5 completed and met with parents to review and sign the needed Child CSRs. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(5) - Designated release persons | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)(5) Description: Designated release persons Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, child files were reviewed. The agreement on file for child # 1 does not have the designated release persons. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director contacted parents of Child #1 and obtained the release persons. The names of the release persons was written on child's agreement. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(2) Description: Physician name, address, phone Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, child files were reviewed. There is no physician phone number on file for child # 7. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director looked up and filled in the missing doctor's office phone number for child #7. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(3) - Parent home/work address, phone | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3) Description: Parent home/work address, phone Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, child files were reviewed. Ther is no work address and phone number on file for the parents of children # 2, 4, and 6. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director contacted the parents of child #2, 4, and 6 to obtain employment information including employment name, address, and phone numbers. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, child files were reviewed. There is no release persons address on the emergency contact form for child # 7. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director contacted father of Child #7 to obtain the missing release person's address. Director updated child's emergency contact form. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.134(a) - Child's hands washed | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.134(a) Description: Child's hands washed Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, certification rep observed a staff person change a child's diaper and not wash their hands before starting the next child's diaper change. Correction Required: A staff person shall ensure that a child's hands are washed before meals and snacks, after toileting and after being diapered. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director placed proper handwashing procedure poster printed from the CDC in all classrooms ages infant thru preschool and diaper changing bathrooms. Proper diaper changing procedures will be reviewed at the next Mandatory Staff Meeting. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.151(a) Description: 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, staff files were reviewed. More than 24 months passed between health assessments on file for staff # 1. Staff health assessments were dated 12/20/23 and 1/30/26. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) No correction needed. Health assessment for Staff #1 was obtained on 1/30/26. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) - Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) Description: Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, child files were reviewed. There is no signed consent for emergency medical care of the administration of minor first aid procedures on file for child # 1. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Senior Director contacted parents for Child #1 to obtain signed consent for emergency medical care and administration of minor first aid. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iii) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Exp, educ., training at facility | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iii) Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Exp, educ., training at facility Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, staff files were reviewed. Staff # 3 and 4 are assistant group supervisors. There is no verification of childcare experience prior to service or following the outset of service at the facility to qualify them for that position. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training following the outset of service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #3 is no longer employed by the facility effective 8/20/26. Senior Director wrote a letter of recommendation for Staff #3, as she was employed at the Dunmore ELC prior to beginning employment at the Olyphant ELC. Senior Director obtained additional letters of recommendation for Staff #4 that verified that she had been employed by a childcare facility prior to beginning employment at the GSY. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.27(c) Description: Training regarding plan Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, staff files were reviewed. Staff # 6 did not complete annual emergency plan training as evidenced in a certificate of emergency plan training dated 5/10/24. Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Senior director met with Staff #6 to review the emergency plan for 2026. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(i) - Age and Training | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(i) Description: Age and Training Noncompliance Area: Staff person # 5 did not completed Pediatric first aid and CPR training on or before expiration of the most current certification. This is evidenced by the previously documented Pediatric first aid and CPR training on file expiring 3/31/24. Documentation of updated Pediatric first aid and CPR training is dated 4/21/26. Correction Required: Competence is the completion of training by a professional in the field of first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). All staff persons shall renew their certification in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on or before the expiration of the most current certification. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) No correction needed. Staff #5's certification was corrected on 4/21/26. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.34(a)(6) - Staff evaluations | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.34(a)(6) Description: Staff evaluations Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26, staff files were reviewed, the staff evaluation on file for staff # 2 is dated 7/28/26, which is more than 12 months after their hire. Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) No correction needed. Staff #2's evaluation was conducted on 7/28/26. |
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| 2026-08-17 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.66(a) Description: Locked or inaccessible Noncompliance Area: During a renewal inspection on 8/17/26 certification rep observed sunscreen accessible to children in the main classroom area. Certification rep observed lotion labeled keep out of reach of children on a desk accessible to children in the PS 2 classroom. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Assistant director removed accessibly sunscreen and lotion and placed out of reach of children. |
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