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Licensed daycares in 49008 — Kalamazoo, MI
There are 24 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 49008 — 18 licensed centers and 6 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 59 violations across 46 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.28 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Kalamazoo average of 1.23.
8 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 supervision (12 citations), followed by health and medication (11). 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 24 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
8 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
12 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
4 providers. 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 49008
Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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