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Licensed daycares in 49002 — Portage, MI
There are 23 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 49002 — 10 licensed centers and 13 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 57 violations across 56 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.02 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Portage average of 1.12.
9 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 supervision (12 citations), followed by recordkeeping (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 23 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
9 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
9 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 49002
Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
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?
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