New Beginnings Childcare
New Beginnings Childcare is a certified child care center in Cranberry Township, PA, with capacity for 71 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it once. The state cited 7 violations, 2 of them core-safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep), most often for health & medication (3 of 7). All 7 came in the last 12 months, including 2 on a core-safety topic. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Staff person #2 was observed to be caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #2 has not completed the following pre- service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: (Health and Safety Basics and Mandated Reporter Training).
The file for Staff #1 contained an incomplete PA State Police Clearance. The file for Staff #2 lacked a National Sex Offender Registry certificate (NSOR).
The diapering area in the Infant Room lacked a hand-washing sign.
The file for Staff #2 contained a health assessment that was conducted more than 12 months prior to providing initial service in a childcare setting.
The file for Staff #2 contained the results of a tuberculin skin test, x-ray or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis that was dated over a year prior to date of hire, and therefore not valid.
Staff #2 did not wash hands after toileting a child.
The Emergency Contact Form for Child #1 lacked the enrolling parents work address and telephone number.
“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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Common questions
Has New Beginnings Childcare had any serious violations?
Pennsylvania cited 2 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 5, 2026 (supervision): “Staff person #2 was observed to be caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #2 has not completed the following pre- service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: (Health and Safety Basics…” Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about New Beginnings Childcare?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at New Beginnings Childcare since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is New Beginnings Childcare’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Jul 10, 2019. 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.
When was New Beginnings Childcare last inspected?
Jun 5, 2026 (renewal). The state cited at least one violation during that visit.
Who runs New Beginnings Childcare?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Brandi French.
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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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