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Transparency scorecard

Michigan

Grade C

68/100 points · Ranked #12 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Michigan MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau.

Score breakdown

Record depth
About 2013 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 records with dispositions (6,687 on file).
15/15
% with any inspection
59.1% of providers have at least one inspection on file (7,369 of 12,473).
8/15
Access friction
No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.
10/10

Licensing portal with complaints and enforcement actions.

What this grade means

Does well: Publishes complaint dispositions and a large enforcement set.

Where it falls short: No per-violation severity tiers.

Browse Michigan providers on KinderFax. Official portal: CCHIRP Facility Search. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.