![[NCCIC header image]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090109094513im_/http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/assets/images/template/baby.jpg "Image of baby")
![[NCCIC Header Image]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090109094513im_/http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/assets/images/template/children_right.jpg "Image of seven children, including school-age children and a toddler")
Threshold of Licensed Family Child Care (June 2007)
When do States begin licensing family child care? Forty-one States allow some number of children to be in family child care that is not covered by licensing.
| 1 Child | 2 Children | 3 Children | 4 Children | 5 Children | 6 Children | 7 Children | 13 Children | Not Licensed |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AL CT DE DC KS MD MA MI OK WA |
CA*
CO* FL* MN* SC* |
GA HI ME MT NY NC VT* WY* |
AK AZ MO NV NM TN UT |
AR IA IN MS VA |
OH |
SD | ID LA NJ |
|
|
TOTAL NUMBER |
||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Source: Data compiled by NCCIC from child care licensing regulations posted on the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education Web site at http://nrc.uchsc.edu/STATES/states.htm on June 14, 2007.
Endnotes:
For the purposes of this document, a licensed program is required to have permission from the State to operate and must meet specified family child care standards. Some States may call their regulatory processes certification or registration; the term licensed is used to represent all regulatory processes. Several States have county or city licensing regulations that may supersede State requirements; this table does not include such regulations.
* These States exclude child care that is provided for the children of only 1 family. Vermont excludes child care that is provided for the children of 1 or 2 families.
Texas: Family child care homes that care for 1 to 3 children
must be listed with the State.
North Dakota: Homes must be licensed if they care for 4 or more
children ages 24 months and under or 6 or more children at one time.
Idaho: State has a licensing law, but licensing it is not required. Voluntary licensing is available for small and large family child care homes.
Louisiana: Any place or facility that cares for 7 or more children
is considered a center and is required to follow the State's child
care center licensing regulations.
New Jersey: Programs serving 6 or more children under the age
of 13 are licensed as centers.
Source: Compiled by Sarah LeMoine and Sheri L. Azer from licensing regulations posted
on the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education's
Web site: http://nrc.uchsc.edu, April 3, 2006.
For more information please contact NCCIC, 10530 Rosehaven St., Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030
Ph: (800) 616-2242; Fax: (800) 716-2242; TTY: (800) 516-2242; E-mail:
info@nccic.org; Web site: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov
10530 Rosehaven St., Suite 400 • Fairfax, VA 22030 | Phone: (800) 616-2242 • Fax: (800) 716-2242 • TTY: (800) 516-2242
NCCIC is a service of the Child Care Bureau (CCB), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for Children and Families(ACF), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services