Daycare Licensing in Georgia: Violations, Inspections & License Lookup
How child care licensing works in Georgia: who regulates it, the rules providers answer to, how often they are inspected, and the exact steps to look up a daycare's violations and verify its license. Sourced from Bright from the Start: Department of Early Care and Learning.
Last verified 2026-08-03
How do I look up daycare violations in Georgia?
- Open the DECAL family search at families.decal.ga.gov.
- Search for a provider by name or location.
- Open the provider profile to review monitoring and inspection reports.
- Read the reports for cited rule violations and corrective actions.
- For formal actions, also check DECAL's Enforcement Actions page at decal.ga.gov/EnforcementActions.
State portal: Georgia child care search
How do I verify a Georgiadaycare's license?
- Open the DECAL family search at families.decal.ga.gov.
- Search for the provider by name or address.
- Open the provider profile to confirm the license or registration type and status.
- Review the listed capacity and program details.
State portal: Georgia license search
Who regulates daycares in Georgia?
Child care licensing in Georgia is administered by the Bright from the Start: Department of Early Care and Learning, under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 591-1-1. It licenses providers, inspects them, and records the violations found.
How often are Georgia daycares inspected?
Bright from the Start (DECAL) aims to make about two on-site visits a year to each licensed program, typically a licensing study and a monitoring visit. This covers both child care learning centers and family child care learning homes. Complaints trigger additional unannounced visits. Enforcement actions other than revocations stay on the public site for five years, and revocations remain permanently.
Georgia does not publish a public severity scale for its violations.
What our Georgiadata covers, and what it doesn't
We track Georgia's licensed providers from the state's public records: license number, status, and capacity. For a provider's full inspection and violation history, follow the steps above at the state's own source.
| Georgia child care data | On record |
|---|---|
| Licensed providers tracked | 5,519 |
| Independently scorable (Confidence Index) | Not yet scorable |
| Inspection history on this site | Roster only, use state source |
Georgia daycare licensing: common questions
- How do I look up daycare violations in Georgia?
- Use the DECAL family search at families.decal.ga.gov. Search for the provider and open its profile to read monitoring and inspection reports, which list cited rule violations and corrective actions. Formal enforcement actions are also posted on DECAL's Enforcement Actions page.
- How often does Georgia inspect licensed daycares?
- DECAL aims to visit each licensed program about twice a year, usually a licensing study and a monitoring visit. This applies to child care learning centers and family child care learning homes. Complaints prompt additional unannounced visits.
- How do I verify a Georgia daycare's license?
- Search the provider in the DECAL family search at families.decal.ga.gov. The profile shows the license or registration type, status, and capacity. Georgia's child care rules are set in Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 591-1-1.
- Where can I see enforcement actions against a Georgia daycare?
- DECAL posts formal enforcement actions on its Enforcement Actions page at decal.ga.gov. Actions other than revocations remain posted for five years as long as the facility stays open. Revocations remain viewable permanently.
This page republishes the public licensing record and labels every absent field plainly. Primary source: https://families.decal.ga.gov. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.