Thre's an informative new website available for Maryland: The Maryland State Department of Education has put together a very comprehensive website, allowing the public to search for the licensing inspection records of all the child care providers in the State: msdecompliancereports.org
Furthermore, you can search by the provider, or the address, the county, or the type of childcare, depending on what information you have starting out. This could also be used just to get a listing of an area's providers, with all their contact information and license #, thus ensuring they 1) are licensed, and 2) have passed the most recent inspection, and 3) are in the area you're considering for your child(ren).
For instance, when I search Howard County, and then Columbia, for a Licensed Child Care Center, I am presented with 111 results to pore through. What a great centralized spot for all of this information!
While the Department of Education staff is apparently still hard at work entering updated information, this should prove to be a great resource for parents of young children in Maryland. Get the word out!
Best regards,
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