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Licensed daycares in 48205 — Detroit, MI
There are 26 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 48205 — 16 licensed centers and 10 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 46 violations across 23 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.00 violations per inspection, which is above the Detroit average of 1.22.
11 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 21 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is health and medication (12 citations), followed by recordkeeping (12). 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 26 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
11 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
10 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
5 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
21 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 48205
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?
Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?
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