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Child care in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Everything Childcare Alerts tracks for Dauphin County, synthesized from public records — 2.4% of Pennsylvania's licensed providers are here. Figures describe the public data; they aren't a rating.

Dauphin County has about 12,393 licensed seats for roughly 20,018 children under six — a licensed-capacity ratio of 62% (a rough access measure, not a wait-list figure).

Who runs child care here

2 of the county's providers are private-equity-owned chains. Biggest chains: KinderCare (6) · The Goddard School (2, PE) · Bright Horizons (1) · Celebree School (1) · Kiddie Academy (1)

By city

Harrisburg (110) · Middletown (11) · Hershey (11) · Hummelstown (6) · Steelton (4) · Millersburg (4) · Elizabethtown (3) · Halifax (3) · Lykens (1) · Grantville (1) · Dauphin (1) · Oberlin (1)

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Childcare Alerts is an independent service that synthesizes public Pennsylvania child care records for education and research. It is not a rating or a safety verdict; the official state record always controls.