Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA
Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA is a certified child care center in Meadville, PA, with capacity for 100 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 4 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it twice. The state cited 12 violations, 2 of them core-safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep), most often for building & playground safety (4 of 12). All 12 came in the last 12 months, including 2 on a core-safety topic. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #5 of 12 centers in Meadville and has more citations per inspection than 68% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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The file for staff person #3, hire date (see IS code sheet) is lacking a signed disclosure statement. The file for staff person #2, hire date (see IS code sheet) is lacking an NSOR verification. The files for staff persons #2 and #4 contain disclosure statements signed after the first day serving in a child care position.
Observed unlabeled bins containing a blue liquid in the infant, toddler and school age rooms. Staff identified the liquid as sanitizing solution.
The hallway men's bathroom is lacking a covered waste receptacle.
Observed the rest mats used by children in the pre-k room are not labeled for individual use.
The file for staff person #2, hire date in a child care position (see IS code sheet), serving as an aide, is lacking a health assessment and TB test results.
the file for staff person #2 is lacking two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.
The file for staff person #1 contains only 10 hours and 45 minutes of the required 12 hours of child care training between 12/2024 and 12/2025.
The file for Staff person #1 includes NSOR certificates dated 12.8.20 & 2.12.26, more than 60 months apart.
The first aid kit in Room 5 (Toddler) and Room 7 (Infant) did not include gauze; the first aid kit in Room 6 (Preschool) did not include gauze or soap.
There were no stool or steps at the sink in the Room 5 (Toddler) bathroom for able-bodied children to reach the sink for handwashing.
Staff person #1 completed their current mandated reporter training on 12.18.25, more than 60 months after the previous training dated 12.6.20.
The file for Staff person #2, includes verification of 7 of the required 12 hours of annual training between 9.1.24-9.30.25. Additional training hours (1.5 hours from 10.6.25 & 4.5 hours from 2.5.26) are borrowed to meet the requirement.
“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 Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA 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 Aug 17, 2026 (background checks): “The file for staff person #3, hire date (see IS code sheet) is lacking a signed disclosure statement. The file for staff person #2, hire date (see IS code sheet) is lacking an NSOR verification. The files for staff…” Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 4, effective Sep 26, 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 Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA compare with other daycares in Meadville?
It is #5 of 12 centers in Meadville by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA last inspected?
Aug 17, 2026 (renewal). The state cited at least one violation during that visit.
Who runs Vernon Early Leaning/Meadville Family YMCA?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Meadville YMCA.
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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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