Is there a site that rates, reviews or scores Daycare facilities?

Question

I'm going to be a new mom in January and we're having a hard time finding people who can recomend daycare's (I live in GA). I don't want to just pickone out of the yellowpages without knowing its a good one that parent's trust. Is there a website that rates, reviews or scores local daycare facilities?

Answer 1

http://www.childcarecentral.com has some daycare reviews on it.  I think it's a fairly new site, so there are not a ton of reviewed daycares yet.

You can also do a daycare search on the site.  You can type in your zip code and search for home based daycares or daycare centers.  Once you get the list of daycares in your area, call and ask about hours and rates.  Then go and visit the ones that are within your price range and open the hours you need it.

Once you find a couple that you think will work for you, contact your local dhs and ask about those specific daycares to make sure they have not had a lot of complaints or violations.  Also, make a couple of surprise visits before enrolling your child.  If you show up when they are not expecting you, you will get a good idea of how the daycare is run.  Also, ask the daycare for references.

No matter what kind of reviews you are able to find online, make sure you do additional research of your own.  You never know if the daycare has changed management or staff since the reviews were written.

Good luck!  If you put some effort into your search, you should be able to find a quality provider for your child.

Answer 2

ChildCareCenter.TasteLife.com

Answer 3

disney_fan201,

You can check out the Georgia pages on childcareavenue.com too.  I've noticed a lot of cities do have reviews, but unfortunately, many others do not.  It will depend on the area that you are looking in.  I've included a link in the sources for the Georgia state page.  From there you need to select your city to see the daycares and their ratings.

Yelp is more general review site.  There are quite a few daycares rated and reviewed there too.

Good luck.