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Transparency scorecard

Rhode Island

Grade C

68/100 points · Ranked #14 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Rhode Island Department of Human Services — Office of Child Care.

Score breakdown

Record depth
About 24 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 (100), but dispositions are limited or unmapped.
8/15
% with any inspection
90.6% of providers have at least one inspection on file (1,542 of 1,702).
15/15
Access friction
No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.
10/10

Licensing portal with inspections.

What this grade means

See the dimension evidence above and the national rubric for how points were assigned.

Browse Rhode Island providers on KinderFax. Official portal: RISES Early Learning Programs. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.