The Search for Child Care webtool provides facility information and inspection reports for licensed and religiously exempt child care centers, licensed and voluntarily registered family day homes and certified pre-schools.

Information provided includes:

• • Type of facility
  • Facility name, address and telephone number
  • Expiration date of license, exemption or certification
  • Name of the administrator or director (if applicable)
  • Hours of operation
  • Approved capacity (maximum number of children allowed in care)
  • Age range for which care is provided
  • VDOE inspector name and telephone number
  • Inspection dates and reports, as well as the facility’s plan of correction (where applicable)

If you would like personal assistance in finding child care, contact Child Care Aware of Virginia at 866-543-7852.

Need help using the “Search for Child Care” webtool?

• Less is more!
  • Search using the most distinctive part of the facility’s name. For example, “Jonah’s Little Whales” might have been entered in the database as “Jonahs Little Whales.” If the name isn’t typed into the search page exactly as it is spelled in the database, including spaces and punctuation, the search will be unsuccessful. Try searching with just the word Jonah or even Jona, omitting whatever comes after the punctuation. If there are several facilities with similar names, search for only the part of the name that is different.
  • Try different spellings: for example, Kids, Kidz, Kids’, or Kid’s.
  • If the facility’s name includes multiple words combined into one, try searching using only part of the name (for example, Honey instead of HoneyPots).
  • If you entered the name, location and zip code and don’t find what you are looking for, search again using only one of those criteria.
• The search results will display the facility’s name, address, and phone number. Click on the facility’s/provider’s name to see additional information, including inspection dates.
• Click on an inspection date to see the inspection summary and violations (if any) for that date. You may also click on “Yes” in the “Violations” column to go directly to the “Violations” section of the inspection results. Both methods will take you to the same page of inspection reports.
• Call the licensing inspector if you have questions not addressed on the report.