Child care in Rapid City
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60 child care providers in Rapid City, South Dakota.
From the South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation: Child Care Provider Search. The record lists 704 child care providers in South Dakota.
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- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Not read
- The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- School age program South Park Discovery Center Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 May 282026the latest visit on record120children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool Age ProgramFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 28, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center St Elizabeth Seton Child Care Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 Apr 242026the latest visit on record285children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 24, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center St. Paul’s Lutheran Preschool & Daycare Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Apr 232026the latest visit on record120children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 23, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center Star Mountain Daycare and Preschool Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Apr 232026the latest visit on record20children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 23, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Family day care (registered, in the provider’s home) Summerlin Ranta Rapid City, South Dakota 57703 Jun 32026the latest visit on record12children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Day Care (registered, in the provider’s home)Findings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJun 3, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center The Kids Den Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 May 212026the latest visit on record77children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 21, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center Wakhanyeza Child Care Center Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Aug 192026the latest visit on record57children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 19, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center Westside Preschool & Daycare Inc. Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 Aug 122026the latest visit on record205children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 12, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center Wonder and Willow Rapid City, South Dakota 57703 Mar 32026the latest visit on record44children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 3, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center YMCA Child Care Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 May 52026the latest visit on record765children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 5, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center Youth & Family Services Cdc Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Apr 22026the latest visit on record417children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 2, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Licensed child care center Zion Lutheran Preschool and Daycare Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Apr 282026the latest visit on record180children, its licensed capacity TypeLicensed CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 28, 2026Quality ratingNot published
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South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation, Child Care Provider Search. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
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