The Budding Seed Early Development Center
The Budding Seed Early Development Center is a certified child care center in East Stroudsburg, PA, with capacity for 60 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 3 times. The state cited 1 violation, which was not core-safety. It came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #1 of 23 centers in East Stroudsburg and has fewer citations per inspection than 94% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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The emergency plan on file did not include accommodations for toddlers and children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions.
“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.
About this center
Common questions
Has The Budding Seed Early Development Center had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 1 other citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about The Budding Seed Early Development Center?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at The Budding Seed Early Development Center since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is The Budding Seed Early Development Center’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Jun 18, 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 The Budding Seed Early Development Center compare with other daycares in East Stroudsburg?
It is #1 of 23 centers in East Stroudsburg 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 The Budding Seed Early Development Center last inspected?
Jun 8, 2026 (renewal). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs The Budding Seed Early Development Center?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is The Budding Seed Early Development 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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