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YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church

4601 Avonia Rd, Fairview, PA 16415 · Erie County
Keystone STAR 4

YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church is a certified child care center in Fairview, PA, with capacity for 21 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 4 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it twice. The state cited 3 violations, none of them core-safety, most often for building & playground safety (2 of 3). All 3 came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #3 of 81 centers in Erie County and has fewer citations per inspection than 83% of Pennsylvania certified centers.

Inspection record

Fewer citations than 83% of 4,789 Pennsylvania certified centers, per inspection, weighted by topic. Fewer citations than most
#3 of 81 centers in Erie County
0 Core-safety citations
3 Other citations
2 Inspections
0 Complaint investigations that found violations
3 citations from 2 state visits since Aug 16, 2021 · 3 in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 5, 2026

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Mar 5, 2026 · Inspection · citation found Dec 16, 2025 · Inspection · citation found
Violation found No violation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations, self-reported incidents and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 2
Training & qualifications 1

Citations, newest first

Citation Mar 5, 2026 Inspection Building & playground safety
Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance 55 Pa. Code §3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)
The facility fire system test log identified that tests were conducted on 1/13/26 and 2/13/26, exceeding 30 days between tests.
Center’s plan of correction (implemented, Mar 9, 2026): “The required 30-day fire alarm test was not completed within the required timeframe. The alarm system has since been tested and verified to be working properly. The delay occurred due to a scheduling oversight.”
Citation Dec 16, 2025 Inspection Building & playground safety
Above ground window opening restricted to 6" 55 Pa. Code §3270.72(d)
In the child care space located on the 2nd level of the building, observed 6 windows that lacked construction, modification or adaptation to limit the opening to 6 or fewer inches.
Center’s plan of correction (implemented, Dec 17, 2025): “Child safety locks were placed on each window.”
Citation Dec 16, 2025 Inspection Training & qualifications
Age and Training/Exp, educ., training at facility 55 Pa. Code §3270.31(e)/3270.192(2)(iii)
The file for staff person #1 contains only 8.5 of the required 12 annul training hours during the previous 12-month period from 12/2023 to 12/2024.
Center’s plan of correction (implemented, Dec 17, 2025): “Staff person KO completed her 12 clock hours of training.”

“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

Capacity 21 children
Certificate status Regular
Certificate valid through Mar 9, 2027
Keystone STARS STAR 4
since Jun 12, 2026 · what STARS means
Operator YMCA Of Greater Erie
Phone —
State certificate # CER-00253723
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Common questions

Has YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church had any serious violations?

No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 3 other citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church?

Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.

What is YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church’s Keystone STARS rating?

STAR 4, effective Jun 12, 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 YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church compare with other daycares in Erie County?

It is #3 of 81 centers in Erie County by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 83% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church last inspected?

Mar 5, 2026 (renewal). The state cited at least one violation during that visit.

Who runs YMCA Fairview United Methodist Church?

The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is YMCA Of Greater Erie.

Certified centers nearby

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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