Announcement:

• Early Care and Education and School Age Centers - Timetable to Qualify Staff
  
  
• Establishing, Selling or Purchasing an Early Care and Education and School-Age Center

The Office of Child Care Licensing licenses approximately 1,850 facilities in Delaware. These facilities include:

• Family Child Care Homes – child care in a private home for one (1) to six (6) children preschool –age or younger and one (1) to three (3) school-age children;
   
• Large Family Child Care Homes – child care in a private home or commercial (non-residential) setting for seven (7) to twelve (12) children preschool-age or younger and one (1) or two (2) school-age children;
   
• Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers (includes day care centers, nursery schools, preschools, before/after school care, and out of school care) – child care in a commercial (non-residential) setting for thirteen (13) or more children;
   
• Residential Child Care Facilities and Day Treatment Programs – services for children with behavioral dysfunctions; developmental, emotional, mental or physical impairments; and/or chemical dependencies; and
   
• Child Placement Agencies – adoption and foster care services

      Each type of child care facility has its own licensing rules and specific procedures for becoming licensed.