Iowa

Grade F

23/100 points · Ranked #44 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

Score breakdown

Record depth

Public feed is roster-only — no per-visit inspection history published.

0/25

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 (809), but dispositions are limited or unmapped.

8/15

% with any inspection

Roster-only feed — providers lack inspection files by design.

0/15

Access friction

Partial barriers (gated PDFs, quotas, or incomplete structured fields).

5/10

Finder pins only — no status, capacity, or inspections in the public layer.

Where it falls short: Public map layer lacks license status and inspection history.

Browse Iowa providers on KinderFax. Official portal: Child Care Connect finder. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.