Verify a District of Columbia Childcare Provider / Center license

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How District of Columbia Childcare Provider / Center license verification works

A Childcare Provider / Center in District of Columbia is licensed by the DC Childcare / Teacher Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name facility_type contact address phone email hours capital_quality_designation ages_served accepts_subsidies capacity.

Board note: childcare_provider only (teachers: OSSE educator credentials, not covered). THIN name-based primary: OSSE My Child Care DC (ASP.NET MVC, plain httpx: session GET /Home/SearchFacilities, POST /Home/RunQuickSearch facilityName substring, POST /MyChildCare/FacilityDetail facilityID) prints NO licence number, status or expiry (presence = OSSE-licensed). Number claims -> unable_to_verify(insufficient_identifiers) without searching; name claims verify only when the claimant is the facility name or the printed Contact (search matches facility names only); centers with a stranger -> ambiguous_match. 2026-11-04.

What a Childcare Provider / Center license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Childcare Provider / Center license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a District of Columbia Childcare Provider / Center license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "DC", "profession": "childcare_provider", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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