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The state of licensed child care in Nebraska

Updated July 2026 · computed from official Nebraska licensing data · methodology · download the dataset (CC0)

Headline numbers

Nebraska has 2,726 licensed childcare facilities in our data. Nebraska does not yet publish machine-readable violation records — this page covers the licensing landscape, and violation analysis will be added when the data becomes available (coverage details). 58.5% are family home providers;

Violations per facility, by city

Cities with at least 10 licensed facilities, ranked by recorded violations per facility.

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Bellevue 6700
Omaha 73500
Holdrege 1700
Lincoln 35800
Grand Island 6900
Nebraska City 1100
Columbus 4900
York 2000
Norfolk 5500
Elkhorn 3700

Largest operators

OperatorFacilitiesViolations across portfolio
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION430
MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC250
FAMILY SERVICE ASSOC. OF LINCOLN160
PAPILLION-LA VISTA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION160
BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION150
ELKHORN KIDS CAMPUS LLC140
KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTERS LLC110
THE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC110
KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS110
KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER100

Reuse this analysis

All numbers on this page are computed from official state licensing records and are free to cite with attribution to DaycareLens. Journalists: the underlying dataset is openly licensed (CC0), and we can provide custom cuts — press@daycarelens.com.