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[quote=Anonymous]I couldn't figure this out either, OP. I found the DC site somewhat useless because it listed so few places in our neighborhood (all of which were full with long waitlists) and had more luck just talking to neighbors and consulting my list serve where I got names of some very good in-home places.

One weird thing is that I did tour two in-home centers that were listed on the government site but they were NOT nice. They were both very cramped with a ton of red flags that I assume would be instantly visible to anyone coming for a regular visit. Like visibly dirty spaces, broken cribs, the temperature was kept too warm (I'm guessing because it makes the kids easier to deal with). One of these two did have a notice of a prior violation on the website but the other didn't. But both were licenses and in good standing according to the website.

Meanwhile I toured several facilities not on the website that were much nicer -- better caregiver to child ratios, cleaner, better quality materials, better spaces for infants, onsite outdoor space.

I couldn't figure it out. What's the point of licensing if it's not ensuring that we are getting the best quality? It was like the licenses spaces knew how to jump through administrative hoops but didn't actually care about offering quality care, and the unlicensed spaces channeled efforts into actually making a good daycare but then fudged on licensing. It left me feeling pretty lost.[/quote]

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