Best Friends Day Care Center LLC · 406 2nd St, New Cumberland
Best Friends Day Care Center LLC is a certified child care center in New Cumberland, PA, with capacity for 18 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 3 times. The state cited 2 violations, none of them core-safety. All 2 came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #3 of 8 centers in New Cumberland and has fewer citations per inspection than 94% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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The emergency contact for child #1 does not include the work address of the enrolling parent.
The emergency contact for child #2 does not include the address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.
“Core safety” marks citations about supervision and staff ratios, discipline and caregiver conduct, background checks, child protection and safe sleep, the topics our score weights most. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. “Follow-up” marks a violation re-cited at a follow-up visit, counted once. How scores work.
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Has Best Friends Day Care Center LLC had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 2 other citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Best Friends Day Care Center LLC?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Best Friends Day Care Center LLC since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Best Friends Day Care Center LLC’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Apr 13, 2026. Keystone STARS is Pennsylvania’s quality rating program for child care, from STAR 1 to STAR 4. It measures program quality, not inspection results, so read both.
How does Best Friends Day Care Center LLC compare with other daycares in New Cumberland?
It is #3 of 8 centers in New Cumberland by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 94% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Best Friends Day Care Center LLC last inspected?
Aug 26, 2026 (allocated unannounced monitoring). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs Best Friends Day Care Center LLC?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Best Friends Day Care Center LLC.
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Citations are quoted from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services inspection records (Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Certification Services), including each finding and the center’s plan of correction. Rule numbers refer mostly to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3270, the rules for child care centers; a few cite Chapter 20, which covers every certified facility. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; the “core safety” label and the score are Daycare Record’s.
To check the state’s own record, search the center’s name on COMPASS Child Care Provider Search and open its inspection history. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026.
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