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Licensed daycares in 42171 — Smiths Grove, KY
There are 3 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 42171, with a combined licensed capacity of 152 children. Together they have been cited for 38 violations across 10 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.80 violations per inspection, which is above the Smiths Grove average of 2.21.
No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (16 citations), followed by health and medication (3). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care and links back to the state's own document.
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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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 42171
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
A note on Kentucky records
Kentucky 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. Kentucky does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care on Jul 11, 2026. Source records · Report an error