MomCheck is not only the name of our company and our service, it is also a verb - we use it when asking the question, "Has it been MomChecked?" Every facility that is “MomChecked” is visited by one of our MomCheck Agents. 

Our MomCheck Agents “shop” facilities, noting everything from the way childcare providers interact with children to the type of toys available for play. They ask questions ranging from supplies provided for each age group to discipline and potty training. MomCheck Agents spend around 90 minutes on a facility tour in order to provide you with the most complete information possible.  

A MomCheck Report is the extensive form each MomCheck Agent fills out after shopping a facility.  This report covers everything from staff ratios to mealtime, and also contains a written description of the facility - the sights, sounds and smells - to help paint a detailed picture of the facility.

These reports will help you to narrow your list of potential facilities without having to spend hours researching each one. We make your childcare search smarter so that you can focus on the facilities that best meet your needs.

We have divided the Dallas/Fort Worth area into overlapping "MomCheck Areas" to facilitate your searching. We realize that your search area might include multiple zip codes and/or cities, so the MomCheck Areas are designed to help broaden your search to logical geographic areas. If you are unsure of your exact location needs, we suggest searching by MomCheck Area first, as this will return the most results.

Click here to view a printable map of MomCheck Areas.

A MomCheck Agent is a mom who visits a childcare facility, acting as a mom who is interested in finding childcare.  A MomCheck Agent never discloses her employment by MomCheck so that the information she receives from facility directors and staff is unbiased.

We are always looking for excellent potential MCAs. Just fill out a quick survey and we'll be in touch.

MomCheck Agents shop licensed childcare centers only.  We do not MomCheck in-home daycares, Mother's Day Out programs or preschools, although we will provide information about these types of facilities in the facility profile pages.

Not at this time. There are over 2,000 licensed childcare facilities in the DFW area.  Eventually, our goal is to visit each of these in person, but until then we are shopping facilities based on popular request and internal criteria.

Our first goal is to get all facilities MomChecked. Once that is accomplished, we will strive to MomCheck each facility once every nine (9) months to ensure the information we provide to you is as accurate as possible.

We pride ourselves on providing an unbiased opinion on each facility. Therefore, we do not recommend or endorse particular facilities, nor do we accept advertising or funding from facilities.  We hope our extensive information will give you the tools to determine whether or not the facility fits your specific needs before scheduling your own tour, but the decision is ultimately up to you.

Let us know where you are by sending us an email at via the Contact Us page.  We may have MomCheck Agents already in your area! If so, we'll do our best to help you where we can.

We will most certainly try to accommodate personal requests, though we can't guarantee it. Use the Contact Us page to get in touch & we'll do what we can to help.

Currently our revenue model is not subscription-based. That could change in the future, and we would give you plenty of advance notice.

Please use the Contact Us page to let us know - we'll verify the new information and update the facility profile.

A childcare facility is the correct terminology for, well, a daycare! ‘Childcare facility’ is often interchangeable with daycare, school, preschool, nursery, and a host of other names. To put it simply – any non-in-home business that makes its money by primarily caring for children (and is not a public school) is, at a basic level, a childcare facility and must be licensed by the state. After that distinction, many go into a specialized category, such as Mother’s Day Out (MDO) programs, Preschools, etc. By definition, still a childcare facility, but you will rarely hear them referred to as a ‘childcare facility.’ Confused yet? We know. It took us awhile to get it all straight, too. You can learn more about the different names & options by reading the MomCheck Guide to Childcare.

MomCheck provides a searchable database of every single licensed childcare facility in the DFW metroplex. We do not momcheck all of these, though. We limit our MomCheck Reports to just those facilities that offer full-time care (generally open before 8:00am and close after 5:00pm). If you’re looking for a Mother’s Day Out Program, a dedicated preschool, or an on-site afterschool program, you’ll still find them here, you just won’t find any MomCheck Reports.

The information is compiled from various sources such as details published on the internet by the facility, filed with the state, and direct communication with the facility.

In the search screen, enter the earliest drop-off time you need, and/or the latest pick-up time you need. It is better to enter only one of these values to increase the number of matching facilities.

If you do not get enough results, we suggest searching again and entering an earlier open time and/or a later close time, as those facilities will still meet your needs.

If a facility falls into multiple rate levels, we have selected the higher rate level for search purposes. The chart does not include school age rates at this time. We will display a separate school age chart for the 2008/2009 school year. Please see individual facility details for further rate information.

As part of the MomCheck due diligence, rates are checked for each facility by phone or e-mail on a semi-annual basis, and also during every in-person MomCheck Report. In an instance where MomCheck is not able to verify the rate for each range, we verify the rate for the lowest age range accepted. We place each facility in the appropriate rate level based upon the most recent information received.

This information is subject to change at anytime; therefore MomCheck advises you contact a facility directly for confirmation of current rates. To determine the actual $ rating given, we compare a facility’s rates with all others in the area and assign it accordingly, with the assumption that a rating of $$$ indicates the average rate range. Our current rate range spans are approximately $25-35 per week, as illustrated in the Infant Rate Table displayed on the Get Childcare search page.

There will always be facilities for which MomCheck could not verify any data. For the purpose of providing you with the greatest number of possible facilities in your search, any facility that does not have a particular rating will still appear in your search results with a Call notation in place of a rate level.

There are many childcare facilities that determine the rate based on a family's income in order to ensure affordability.  Head Start programs are designed this way, and there are many more. As this results in different rates for different families, we have input the rates for these facilities as $1.00.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) assigns a unique Operation Number for each individual facility that is registered or licensed within the state. A facility’s number will only change if the facility begins operating under new ownership. Click Here to be taken to the DFPS website to learn more.

We've all been here. Just click on the Login link in the upper right-hand corner, then click "Forgot Password." We will guide you through the information needed to get you setup with a working password in no time.

After you are logged into your account, choose the Username link in the upper right-hand corner. This will take you to your registration page where you can then change your password.

The internet is a great starting point in your childcare search.  It's an ideal way to narrow your search to just a few centers from the hundreds existing in your area.  That said, to ensure you and your child are as comfortable as possible with your choice of childcare, we encourage all parents to personally visit the facilities in which they are most interested.  You should have the final word in your child's childcare selection.

Please visit the Contact Us page and let us know the specifics of the problem.

The easiest way to reach us about any questions you may have is to send us a message through the Contact Us page.