Michigan's Licensed Providers

The map below shows the location of current licensed child care providers by county in the state of Michigan and the distribution of children by census tracts in Michigan. Two maps are available: 1) Licensed Child Care Providers and 2) Comparison of Licensed Child Care Providers. Information on the licensed child care providers is updated daily from the Great Start to Quality database, which connects with Michigan’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). The number of licensed slots are estimated based on the ages of children served by a provider and the provider's total licensed capacity. To learn more about this map, its methods, or references, click here. To help show how providers and estimated child care slots are distributed, the map illustrates the following characteristics by Census tract:

• Desert Ratio: The number of children competing for a child care slots.
• Brandeis University’s Child Opportunity Level: An estimate of the local resources available to children in an area, ranging from "very low" to "very high" based on Michigan's state averages.
• Geographic Type: Whether an area is rural, a town, a suburb, or a city.
• Population Density: An estimate of the number of children in an area, ranging from “very low” to “very high” based on five percentiles.
• No Background: Shows roads and streets in relation to providers.