| Child Day-Care Operations |
Description of Operation | Type of Permit |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Listed Family Home | A caregiver at least 18 years old that provides care in her own home for compensation, for three or fewer children unrelated to the caregiver, birth through 13 years, for at least: (i) four hours a day, three or more days a week, for three or more consecutive weeks; or (ii) four hours a day for 40 or more days in a period of 12 months. The total number of children in care, including children related to the caregiver, may not exceed 12. |
Listing (A caregiver who is subject to regulation as a listed family home may instead become a registered family home.) |
| (B) Registered Child- Care Home |
The primary caregiver provides regular care in the caregiver's own residence for not more than six children from birth through 13 years, and may provide care after school hours for not more than six additional elementary school children. The total number of children in care at any given time, including the children related to the caregiver, must not exceed 12. |
Registration |
| (C) Licensed Child-Care Home |
The primary caregiver provides care in the caregiver's own residence for children from birth through 13 years. The total number of children in care varies with the ages of the children, but the total number of children in care at any given time, including the children related to the caregiver, must not exceed 12. |
License |
| (D) Child-Care Center | An operation providing care at a location other than the permit holder's home, for seven or more children under 14 years of age, for less than 24 hours per day, but at least two hours a day, three or more days a week. |
License |
| (E) Employer-Based Child Care |
A small employer providing care for up to 12 of the employees' children that are under 14 years of age, for less than 24 hours per day. The care is located on the employer's premises and in the same building where the parents work. |
Compliance Certificate |
| (F) Shelter Care | A child care program at a temporary shelter, such as a family violence or homeless shelter, providing care for seven or more children under 14 years of age while the resident parent is away from the shelter. The child care program operates for at least four hours a day three days a week. |
Compliance Certificate |
| (G) Before or After- School Program |
An operation that provides care before, or after, or before and after, the customary school day and during school holidays, for at least two hours a day and three days a week, to children who attend pre-kindergarten through grade six. |
License |
| (H) School-Age Program | An operation that provides supervision and recreation, skills instruction, or skills training for at least two hours a day and three days a week to children attending pre-kindergarten through grade six. A school-age program operates before or after the customary school day and may also operate during school holidays, the summer period, or any other time when school is not in session. |
License |