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Licensed daycares in 48118Chelsea, MI

There are 7 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 48118 — 5 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 19 violations across 15 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.27 violations per inspection.

5 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 14 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (4 citations), followed by recordkeeping (4). 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 7 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

5 providers.

Chelsea Children's Cooperative Preschool

Center · Capacity 45 · 14600 Old US 12 · Last inspected Sep 10, 2025

0 violationsActive
Deborah Smashey

Family day home · Capacity 12 · 11153 Boyce Drive · Last inspected Jul 7, 2025

0 violationsActive
Mudpies And Lullabies

Center · Capacity 52 · 6065 Sibley Rd. Ste. 2 · Last inspected Aug 28, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Kindercare Learning Center

Center · Capacity 120 · 1580 Commerce Park Dr · Last inspected Dec 29, 2025

1 violationActive

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.

Astor Academy

Center · Capacity 75 · 128 Van Buren Street · Last inspected Jul 6, 2026

18 violationsActive

No longer operating

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

Avila Child Care Center

Center · Capacity 50 · 13920 E. Old US 12 · Last inspected Aug 26, 2025

0 violationsClosed
Bulldog Block Early Learning Center

Center · Capacity 150 · 500 Washington · Last inspected Nov 17, 2022

0 violationsClosed
Chelsea Comm Educ Early Childhood Preschool

Center · Capacity 65 · 500 E. Washington Street

0 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 48118

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

1

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

2

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

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