Klings Child Care Center
Klings Child Care Center is a certified child care center in Montoursville, PA, with capacity for 44 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 3 times and confirmed violations in 1 complaint investigation. The state cited 8 violations, 3 of them core-safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep), most often for records & paperwork (2 of 8). All 8 came in the last 12 months, including 3 on a core-safety topic. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #26 of 35 centers in Lycoming County and has fewer citations per inspection than 64% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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During the inspection, it was verified through staff interviews that Staff #1 inappropriately disciplined Child #1 by pulling the front of the child's hair.
During the inspection, the Child Abuse Clearance, State Police Clearance, and NSOR for Staff #2 had not been updated within 60 months as required under the CPSL.
During the inspection, Staff #2 permitted Child #1 to go alone through the kitchen area and down a hallway to the second-floor bathroom. Staff #2 also permitted Child #2 to go alone through the kitchen area and down a hallway to the second-floor bathroom. There were no staff persons physically present to supervise Child #1 or Child #2.
During the inspection, the health assessment for Staff #3 was dated 3/2/26 which was 4 months after their first day working with children.
During the inspection, the operator had no written documentation on file notifying local traffic authorities of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the childcare facility.
During the inspection, the facility had six staff persons. Five staff persons qualified as aides and one qualified as director/group supervisor.
During the inspection, the file for Child #3 did not contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child.
During the inspection, the file for Child #3 did not contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff.
“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.
Complaint investigations and reported incidents
Pennsylvania’s search lists complaint investigations in which the state found at least one violation (“verified complaints”). It does not say what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it. Incident investigations look into something that happened at the center; self-reported violations are ones the center reported to the state itself.
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Common questions
Has Klings Child Care Center had any serious violations?
Pennsylvania cited 3 violations since 2021 on the topics Daycare Record treats as core safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep). The most recent, on Jun 26, 2026 (caregiver conduct): “During the inspection, it was verified through staff interviews that Staff #1 inappropriately disciplined Child #1 by pulling the front of the child's hair.” Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Klings Child Care Center?
Pennsylvania lists 1 complaint investigation since 2021 in which it found at least one violation; the violations are listed above. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Klings Child Care Center’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Jun 13, 2025. 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 Klings Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Lycoming County?
It is tied for #26 of 35 centers in Lycoming County by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 64% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Klings Child Care Center last inspected?
Mar 24, 2026 (renewal). The state cited at least one violation during that visit.
Who runs Klings Child Care Center?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Ashley M Kling.
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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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