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Licensed daycares in 49686 — Traverse City, MI
There are 19 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 49686 — 12 licensed centers and 7 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 51 violations across 27 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.89 violations per inspection, which is above the Traverse City average of 0.81.
8 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 13 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (20 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 19 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
8 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
6 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
13 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 49686
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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