Family Child Care Homes: State by State Regulations

 *Small Family Child Care Homes

Updated May 23, 2011

Source: For WHAT is checked: Leaving Children to Chance: NACCRRA's Ranking of State Standards and Oversight of Small Family Child Care Homes, 2010 Update

Source: For WHO is checked: Individual state 2010-2011 CCDF Plan Reports.

Notes: A small family child care home is a child care setting in which up to six children, including those of the provider under age 6, are cared for in the home of the provider for compensation.

NA: Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota and Virginia do not license small family child care homes as defined above by NACCRRA. In some of these states, a family child care home is not licensed until the number of children cared for reaches what NACCRRA defines as a Large Family Child Care Home. Louisiana and New Jersey license family child care homes as centers. In New Jersey, homes with six or more children are licensed as a center. In Louisiana, homes with seven or more children are licensed as a center. For more information, see the summary table on regulations for Large Family Child Care Homes.

*This change took place after the release of NACCRRA's We Can Do Better: 2011 Update Report.
Colorado will require a fingerprint criminal records check against state and federal records for those hired on or after August 10, 2011.
Washington will require a fingerprint criminal records check against state and federal records for those hired after July 1, 2012.