Safety & records · Florida
Reading a daycare's record in Florida
Florida publishes inspection records through Florida DCF Child Care Regulation provider search. This page walks you to the record, decodes its vocabulary from the state's own definitions, and states what the archive cannot tell you. We never name, rate, or score a center.
First, the money
Records are half the decision. The other half is whether you can get help paying — run the free check for Florida before you fall in love with a center you cannot fund.
The portal
Florida DCF Child Care Regulation provider search
Full inspection reports per provider, including complaint inspections and the corrective action taken.
What this portal does not show
Reports are documents, not summaries — the class of each violation is printed, but nothing totals a provider's history for you.
How Florida grades what it finds
Class I (most serious), Class II, Class III (least serious) under 65C-22 F.A.C.
Words like these are decoded, term by term, in the records decoder — always from the state's own published definitions, and always with the correction status given the same weight as the finding.
If you need to report something
Report a concern to the DCF Child Care Regulation office or the Florida Abuse Hotline.
Read any record in this order
- The license status first — active, conditional, or under action.
- The findings, newest to oldest, watching for the same rule cited twice.
- The correction status on each finding — corrected, corrected on site, plan accepted, or still open. It carries the same weight as the finding.
- The blind spots above: what this archive structurally cannot show you.
Portal facts checked October 2026. Only the state agency's record is the record — this page is a map to it, not a copy of it.