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Licensed daycares in 48661 — West Branch, MI
There are 12 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 48661 — 6 licensed centers and 6 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 18 violations across 15 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.20 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the West Branch average of 1.20.
4 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 12 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is health and medication (6 citations), followed by physical safety (3). 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 12 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
4 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
7 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
1 provider. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
12 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 48661
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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