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Licensed daycares in 49307Big Rapids, MI

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 49307 — 9 licensed centers and 11 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 75 violations across 39 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.92 violations per inspection, which is above the Big Rapids average of 0.14.

5 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 9 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (24 citations), followed by health and medication (14). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Michigan MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 20 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

5 providers.

Amy Richards

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 610 Escott St · Last inspected Jan 30, 2026

0 violationsActive
Crista M. Knight

Family day home · Capacity 14 · 21077 12 Mile Road · Last inspected Jan 8, 2026

0 violationsActive
Hillcrest Early Childhood Center

Center · Capacity 60 · 501 West Bridge Street

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Devries Daycare Of Big Rapids

Center · Capacity 82 · 14883 Old Mill Pond Rd · Last inspected Mar 9, 2026

1 violationActive
Early Learning Center 2

Center · Capacity 68 · 1310 Cramer Circle · Last inspected Apr 25, 2025

1 violationActive
Ms. Kim's Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 14 · 17213 Frankay Way · Last inspected Oct 8, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Virginia Folkema

Family day home · Capacity 14 · 930 Loudon Street · Last inspected Aug 19, 2025

20 violationsActive
Dorothy M. Carlton

Family day home · Capacity 14 · 1304 Maple Street · Last inspected Feb 19, 2026

8 violationsActive
St Peter's Lutheran Preschool

Center · Capacity 62 · 408 West Bellevue Street · Last inspected Jan 28, 2026

8 violationsActive

No longer operating

9 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.

Big Rapids Eastwood Ecc

Center · Capacity 80 · 410 N. Third Avenue

0 violationsClosed
Big Rapids Summer Program

Center · Capacity 60 · 509 Willow Ave

0 violationsClosed
Christina's Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 18050 Shamrock Boulevard

0 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 49307

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

2

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

A note on Michigan records

Michigan 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. Michigan does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Michigan MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error