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Licensed daycares in 49047 — Dowagiac, MI
There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 49047 — 6 licensed centers and 9 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 65 violations across 22 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.95 violations per inspection, which is above the Dowagiac average of 1.23.
10 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 4 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is caregiver-to-child ratio (12 citations), followed by nutrition (10). 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.
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Clean record — no violations in 3 years
10 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
3 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
4 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 49047
Caregiver-to-child ratio is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
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