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Licensed daycares in 32609 — Gainesville, FL
There are 23 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 32609 — 17 licensed centers and 6 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 38 violations across 149 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.26 violations per inspection.
13 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is health and medication (14 citations), followed by recordkeeping (7). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from Florida DCF, Office of Child Care Regulation and links back to the state's own document.
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Clean record — no violations in 3 years
13 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
6 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
4 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 32609
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
A note on Florida records
Florida does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from Florida DCF, Office of Child Care Regulation on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error