Mercy Child Care Center
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Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.106(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.106(a) Description: Clean, age appropriate Noncompliance Area: The playpen in the infant room was not labelled for child #3. Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) At the time of the inspection, the playpen assigned to Child #3 in the Infant Room was not labeled. The playpen was labeled with the child's name immediately upon identification of the issue. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.107 Description: Refrigerator Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection the refrigerator in the Red Room was 55 degrees. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Upon identifying that classroom refrigerators were not consistently maintained at the required temperature of 41°F or below, staff immediately checked all classroom refrigerators and adjusted the temperature settings as needed. Any food or bottles that may have been stored outside the required temperature range were evaluated and discarded if necessary to ensure children's health and safety. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(2) Description: Physician name, address, phone Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection child #1did not have physician's number on emergency contact form. 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.) At the time of the inspection, Child #1's emergency contact form did not include the physician's telephone number. The missing information was obtained and added to the emergency contact form immediately. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(3) - Parent home/work address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3) Description: Parent home/work address, phone Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection child #1 did not have parents work address on their emergency contact form. 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.) At the time of the inspection, Child #1's emergency contact form did not include the parent's work address. The missing information was obtained from the parent and added to the emergency contact form immediately. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection child #4's release person's address and telephone number was not listed on their emergency contact form. 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.) At the time of the inspection, Child #4's emergency contact form did not include the address and telephone number of an authorized release person. The missing information was obtained from the parent and added to the emergency contact form immediately. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.166(3) - Disposable nursers or parents | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.166(3) Description: Disposable nursers or parents Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection the infant class had cups being used that were not labelled. Correction Required: Disposable nursers shall be used for infants unless bottles are provided by the parent or unless a commercial dishwasher is used by the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) At the time of the inspection, drinking cups in the Infant Classroom were not labeled with the individual children's names. All cups were labeled immediately upon identification of the issue. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.31(e) - Age and Training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e) Description: Age and Training Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection facility persons# 4 and 5 did not have 12 clock hours of annual training on file. Correction Required: A staff person shall obtain an annual minimum of 12 clock hours of child care training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) At the time of the inspection, Facility Persons #4 and #5 did not have documentation of the required 12 clock hours of annual training on file. The required training will be completed and documentation was placed in each employee's personnel file. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) - Fire safety - 1 yr. | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) Description: Fire safety - 1 yr. Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection facility person #4 did not have annual fire safety training on filoe. Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in fire safety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) At the time of the inspection, Facility Person #4 did not have documentation of the required annual fire safety training on file. The required training was completed immediately, and documentation was placed in the employee's personnel file. |
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| 2026-06-25 | Renewal | 3270.62(d) - No simultaneous use | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.62(d) Description: No simultaneous use Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection the bathroom in the young toddler room was being used for storage. Correction Required: Outdoor or indoor play space in which children are receiving care may not be used simultaneously for other business, commercial, social or another purpose unrelated to the child care being offered. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) At the time of the inspection, the bathroom in the Young Toddler classroom was being used for storage. The stored items were removed immediately, and the bathroom was returned to its intended use. |
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| 2025-07-02 | Renewal | 3270.124(e) - Written emergency plan posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(e) Description: Written emergency plan posted Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection none of the classrooms had emergency transportation plans posted. Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director has created a plan to be displayed in the classroom as well as the emergency binders to be taken with the class while on excursions with the children. |
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| 2025-07-02 | Renewal | 3270.14/3270.21 - Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21 Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection facility did not have a policy covering Strategies for coping with a crying, fussing, or distraught child. At the time of inspection facility's emergency plan did not address continuity of operations. Correction Required: A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 1.The policy for coping with crying, fussing or distraught infant has been added to the center's Employee Manual on page 42. The policy is written underneath it's own heading. 2. A continuity of operations plan has been developed for the center. |
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| 2025-07-02 | Renewal | 3270.181(e) - Emergency master file updated | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.181(e) Description: Emergency master file updated Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection emergency contact forms in the classrooms were not updated and current missing 6 months updates. Correction Required: If emergency information is updated in a master file, it shall be updated accordingly in other facility records. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Emergency Contact forms in each classroom have been updated using the state emergency contact forms: EMERGENCY CONTACT / PARENTAL CONSENT FORM 55 PA CODE CHAPTERS 3270.124 (a) (b), 3270.181 & 182; 3280.124 (a) (b), 3280.181 & .182; 3290.124 (a) (b), 3290.181 & .182. |
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| 2025-07-02 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(2) - Emergency plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(2) Description: Emergency plan Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection facility's emergency plan did not have an evacuation plan in place. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for evacuation of children from the facility building and evacuation of children to a location away from the facility premises. The evacuation routes and evacuation plans to exit the building may be the same as those required by §3270.94 (relating to fire drills). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The plan for evacuation of the building has been updated in the emergency plan. The plan provides a description of the procedures as well as maps of each route. Please see maps on pages 17,18 and 19 of the Emergency Plan |
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| 2025-07-02 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(4) - Contact when ended | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(4) Description: Contact when ended Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection facility did not have their method to inform parents emergency has ended and the instructions for how to safety be reunited with their children. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director has added a method to inform parents an emergency has ended and the instructions for how to safely reunite with their children to the center's emergency plan. These instructions can be found on pages 7, 8 and page 13 of the Emergency Plan and on the letter sent to the families upon enrollment and the annual update of the plan. |
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| 2025-07-02 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(5) - Emergency plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(5) Description: Emergency plan Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection the facility did not have an emergency plan that provided for accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions on file. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director has added accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities to the emergency plan. The plan now states: Infants, toddlers, children with disabilities and children with chronic medical conditions will be transported using strollers and buggies. Older Toddlers will use a walking rope. Medication and instructions for children with chronic medical conditions will be transported with the children. |
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