# Childcare Licensing and Violations Data (TX + States) (`civicdataforge/texas-childcare-licensing`) Actor Licensed childcare operations with full compliance history - inspections, deficiency counts by severity, corrective and adverse actions - from state open data. Texas plus multi-state. Filter by county or by high-severity deficiencies. - **URL**: https://apify.com/civicdataforge/texas-childcare-licensing.md - **Developed by:** [Bryan](https://apify.com/civicdataforge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, MCP servers - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Texas Childcare Licensing + Violations (HHSC) Every licensed childcare operation in Texas — daycares, licensed centers, child-care homes, listed family homes — with the field nobody else gives you as data: **the compliance record.** Inspections, deficiency counts by severity, corrective actions, adverse actions, straight from the Texas HHSC Child Care Licensing dataset. ### What you get per operation | field | example | |---|---| | `name` / `type` | `Bright Steps Learning Center` / `Licensed Center` | | `address` / `county` | `2900 LOUISIANA ST HOUSTON TX` / `HARRIS` | | `capacity` | `120` | | `programs` | `School Age Care, Meals Provided, Drop-In Care…` | | `accepts_subsidies` | `true` | | `total_inspections` | `14` | | `deficiencies_high` … `deficiencies_low` | severity-bucketed violation counts | | `corrective_action` / `adverse_action` | regulator actions on record | | `issuance_date` / `hours` / `raw` | full original record | ### Who uses this - **Childcare insurers** — underwrite on actual deficiency history, not applications. - **Childcare SaaS & marketplaces** — market sizing, lead lists, quality signals. - **Franchise & site-selection teams** — capacity and competitor gaps by county. - **Journalists & researchers** — statewide compliance analysis. ### Input examples Statewide: `{}` · One county: `{ "county": "HARRIS" }` · Compliance screen: `{ "county": "DALLAS", "minHighDeficiencies": 3 }` ### Source & legality Official Texas HHSC open-data (data.texas.gov), public, accessed logged-out. Refreshed on the state's rolling inspection cadence — re-run monthly for current compliance status. # Actor input Schema ## `county` (type: `string`): Filter to one Texas county (e.g. HARRIS, DALLAS, TRAVIS). Leave empty for statewide. ## `operationType` (type: `string`): e.g. 'Licensed Center', 'Licensed Child-Care Home', 'Listed Family Home'. Leave empty for all. ## `minHighDeficiencies` (type: `integer`): Only return operations with at least this many high-severity deficiencies (compliance screening). ## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`): Cap total records (leave empty for the full registry, ~100k). ## Actor input object example ```json {} ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("civicdataforge/texas-childcare-licensing").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("civicdataforge/texas-childcare-licensing").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call civicdataforge/texas-childcare-licensing --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=civicdataforge/texas-childcare-licensing", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Childcare Licensing and Violations Data (TX + States)", "description": "Licensed childcare operations with full compliance history - inspections, deficiency counts by severity, corrective and adverse actions - from state open data. Texas plus multi-state. Filter by county or by high-severity deficiencies.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "53DG8URBs06jIUyfX" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/civicdataforge~texas-childcare-licensing/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-civicdataforge-texas-childcare-licensing", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/civicdataforge~texas-childcare-licensing/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-civicdataforge-texas-childcare-licensing", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/civicdataforge~texas-childcare-licensing/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-civicdataforge-texas-childcare-licensing", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "county": { "title": "County", "type": "string", "description": "Filter to one Texas county (e.g. HARRIS, DALLAS, TRAVIS). Leave empty for statewide." }, "operationType": { "title": "Operation type", "type": "string", "description": "e.g. 'Licensed Center', 'Licensed Child-Care Home', 'Listed Family Home'. Leave empty for all." }, "minHighDeficiencies": { "title": "Min high-severity deficiencies", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only return operations with at least this many high-severity deficiencies (compliance screening)." }, "maxRecords": { "title": "Max records", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap total records (leave empty for the full registry, ~100k)." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```