Daycare Licensing in Indiana: Violations, Inspections & License Lookup
How child care licensing works in Indiana: 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 Family and Social Services Administration, OECOSL.
Last verified 2026-08-03
How do I look up daycare violations in Indiana?
- Open the Indiana Child Care Finder at childcarefinder.in.gov, which opens the FSSA provider search.
- Select Find Child Care and use Search by Name to locate the provider.
- Open the provider's Provider Details page.
- Scroll to the bottom of Provider Details to view inspection reports, validated complaints, and any enforcement actions.
- Look for entries flagged as critical health and safety violations, which the state marks separately from other findings.
State portal: Indiana child care search
How do I verify a Indianadaycare's license?
- Open childcarefinder.in.gov and select Find Child Care.
- Search for the provider by name, or filter by city and program type.
- Open the Provider Details page to confirm the license or registration status and program type.
- Confirm the licensed capacity and ages served match your child's needs.
State portal: Indiana license search
Who regulates daycares in Indiana?
Child care licensing in Indiana is administered by the Family and Social Services Administration, OECOSL, under 470 IAC 3-4.7. It licenses providers, inspects them, and records the violations found.
How often are Indiana daycares inspected?
Indiana rule (470 IAC 3-4.7) lets the state inspect at any time, and in practice OECOSL conducts at least one annual on-site inspection of each licensed child care center, most of them unannounced. The State Fire Marshal also inspects annually. Complaints and reported incidents prompt additional unannounced visits and investigations.
Indiana rates violations by severity. Worst first:
- Critical health and safety
- Other
What our Indianadata covers, and what it doesn't
We track Indiana'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.
| Indiana child care data | On record |
|---|---|
| Licensed providers tracked | 3,993 |
| Independently scorable (Confidence Index) | Not yet scorable |
| Inspection history on this site | Roster only, use state source |
Indiana daycare licensing: common questions
- How do I look up daycare violations in Indiana?
- Go to childcarefinder.in.gov, select Find Child Care, and search by the provider's name. Open the Provider Details page and scroll to the bottom to see inspection reports, validated complaints, and enforcement actions. Critical health and safety violations are flagged separately.
- How often does Indiana inspect licensed daycares?
- State rule allows inspection at any time, and OECOSL performs at least one annual on-site inspection of each licensed center, usually unannounced. The State Fire Marshal also inspects each licensed center annually. Complaints and reported incidents can prompt extra visits.
- What do Indiana's violation levels mean?
- Indiana flags some findings as critical health and safety violations, which the state believes pose a more immediate risk to children. Other, non-critical violations are still recorded but are not marked critical. The state expects a plan of correction for cited violations and follows up to confirm they are resolved.
- How do I verify an Indiana daycare's license?
- Search for the provider at childcarefinder.in.gov and open its Provider Details page. The record shows the current license or registration status, program type, licensed capacity, and ages served. A separate list on the site names providers issued a cease and desist letter for operating illegally.
This page republishes the public licensing record and labels every absent field plainly. Primary source: https://childcarefinder.in.gov. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.