Alabama

Grade D

53/100 points · Ranked #27 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Alabama Department of Human Resources, Child Care Services Division.

Score breakdown

Record depth

About 7180 years of inspection history publicly retrievable.

25/25

Downloadable data

Data is reachable via a public search form or portal API, not a bulk dump.

10/20

Severity levels

State does not publish a usable severity/risk tier for citations.

0/15

Complaints published

Complaint rows exist (774), but dispositions are limited or unmapped.

8/15

% with any inspection

0.0% of providers have at least one inspection on file (0 of 2,403).

0/15

Access friction

No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.

10/10

Licensing portal with inspections; no open bulk export.

Does well: Publishes complaint dispositions alongside inspections.

Where it falls short: No bulk downloadable dataset for researchers.

Browse Alabama providers on KinderFax. Official portal: Day Care Directory. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.