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Inspections/Monitoring Visits

Inspection Frequency of Small Family Child Care Homes
Alphabetical by State
Name Number of times visited Per how many years Visit before licensing Visit when there is a complaint Routine visits unannouced Complaining visits unannounced
Alabama 1 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alaska 1 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arizona 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arkansas 3 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
California 1 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Colorado     Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connecticut 1 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delaware 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Department of Defense 4 1 Yes No Yes No
District of Columbia 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Florida 2 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Georgia     No Yes Yes Yes
Hawaii 1 1 Yes Yes No Yes
Idaho     No No No No
Illinois 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indiana 0 0 No No No No
Iowa     No No No No
Kansas     No Yes No No
Kentucky 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Louisiana     No No No No
Maine 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maryland 3 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Michigan 1 10 No Yes Yes Yes
Minnesota 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mississippi 0 0 No No No No
Missouri 2 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Montana 1 5 No Yes Yes Yes
Nebraska 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nevada 3 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Hampshire 1 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Jersey     No No No No
New Mexico 4 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
New York     Yes Yes No Yes
North Carolina 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Dakota 2 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ohio     No No No No
Oklahoma 3 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oregon 1 1 Yes Yes No Yes
Pennsylvania     No Yes No Yes
Rhode Island 1 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
South Carolina     No Yes No Yes
South Dakota     No No No No
Tennessee 6 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Texas 1 3 No Yes No Yes
Utah 2 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vermont     Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virginia     No No No No
Washington 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
West Virginia 1 1 No No Yes No
Wisconsin 1 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wyoming 3 1 Yes No Yes No

Source: Leaving Children to Chance: NACCRRA's Ranking of State Standards and Oversight of Small Family Child Care Homes, 2010

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Hilary Strickland,
Senior State and Local Policy Advisor
Hilary.Strickland@naccrra.org


Keri Haars,
Director of Parent Engagement
Keri.Haars@naccrra.org

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