North Carolina

Grade C

58/100 points · Ranked #23 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: North Carolina's child care licensing agency.

Score breakdown

Record depth

Portal history capped near 36 months (~3 years).

15/25

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 (2,836), but dispositions are limited or unmapped.

8/15

% with any inspection

99.9% of providers have at least one inspection on file (5,105 of 5,112).

15/15

Access friction

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

10/10

DCDEE portal with about three years of history; no severity tiers; no bulk export.

Where it falls short: History capped near three years; no severity tiers or bulk download.

Browse North Carolina providers on KinderFax. Official portal: the state licensing site. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.