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Licensed daycares in 50010Ames, IA

There are 21 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 50010 — 16 licensed centers and 5 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 28 violations across 64 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.44 violations per inspection, which is below the Ames average of 1.42.

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.

Every record below comes from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and links back to the state's own document.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

13 providers.

Acpc-Fellows

Center · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · 1235 20th St · Last inspected Mar 10, 2026

0 violationsActive
Acpc-Main Center

Center · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 920 Carroll Ave · Last inspected Mar 31, 2026

0 violationsActive
Acpc-Meeker

Center · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · 300 20th St · Last inspected Nov 13, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

5 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Acpc-Northminster Site

Center · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · 1416 20th St · Last inspected Sep 30, 2025

1 violationActive
Ames Christian School

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 925 S 16th St · Last inspected Nov 6, 2025

1 violationActive
Lilypad Learning Center, Ames Research Park

Center · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 3500 UNIVERSITY BLVD STE 102 · Last inspected Sep 11, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

3 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Jessica Lawson-Clipper And Jermaine Clipper

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2009 Burnett Ave · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

11 violationsActive
Kim Farrar

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 715 Northwestern Ave · Last inspected Sep 30, 2025

6 violationsActive
Prairie Flower Children's Center

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 1517 Northwestern Ave · Last inspected Jan 21, 2026

5 violationsActive

A note on Iowa records

Iowa does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Iowa does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services on Jul 14, 2026. Source records · Report an error