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Child Care Glossary

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Unlicensed child care	Child care programs that have not been licensed by the state. The term may refer to both child care that can be legally operating without a license, as well as programs that are not licensed, but should be.
Unregulated child care	Child care programs that are not monitored by a state regulating agency.

Child Care Aware®, a program of Child Care Aware® of America, is partly funded by the Office of Child Care(OCC), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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