# Child Care Providers API – Licensed Daycare Centers and Homes in 9 States: findings

3 posts built from the [Child Care Providers API – Licensed Daycare Centers and Homes in 9 States](https://pushbuild.com/apis/child-care-providers.html).

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Health & care · 2026-11-07

### [Most rated daycares sit at the bottom of their state's star scale](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/daycare-quality-ratings-by-state/)

In Pennsylvania 2,966 providers are at STAR 1, the lowest of four levels, against 2,280 at STAR 4. In Colorado 1,380 are at level 1 of 5 and 181 at…

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Health & care · 2026-11-07

### [Texas foster agencies and residential centers average more than twice the violations of daycares](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/texas-child-care-violations/)

Texas general residential operations averaged 7.8 cited violations over three years and child-placing agencies 7.9, against 3.0 for licensed…

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Health & care · 2026-11-07

### [California's Central Valley has one licensed child-care slot for every five young children](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/child-care-slots-per-child-by-county/)

Kern County has 18.6 licensed slots per 100 children under 5, Tulare 17.1, Stanislaus 18.1. The lowest in our data is Juniata County, Pennsylvania,…

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As of 2026-11-07. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/api/child-care-providers/