Child Care Licensing Resources
Information about....
- Criminal History and Abuse Registry Checks
- Emergency Planning Information
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Filing a Complaint about a Child Care Facility
Regulations and Requirements....
- Delacare: Rules for Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers - Effective Date January 1, 2007
- [105p] PDF format(438kb) | MSWord format(802kb)
- Delacare Requirements for Day Care Centers - Effective Date: September 1, 1988
- [51p] PDF format(172kb) | MSWord format(235kb)
- Delacare Requirements for Family Child Care Homes – Effective Date: June 1, 1994
- [32p]
PDF format(263kb) |
MSWord format(249kb)
- Delacare Requirements for Large Family Child Care Homes – Effective Date: June 1, 1994
- [33p]
PDF format(201kb) |
MSWord format(168kb)
- Delacare Requirements for Residential Child Care Facilities and Day Treatment Programs – Effective Date: May 1, 1999
- [91p]
PDF format(271kb) |
MSWord format(307kb)
- Regulations for Criminal History Record Checks – Effective Date: July 1, 1992
- [12p]
PDF format(115kb) |
MSWord format(76kb)
- Requirements for Child Placing Agencies – Effective Date: May 1, 1986
- [32p]
PDF format(106kb)
Information for....
Forms you can print and fill out...
Links to other web sites....
- Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (US DHHS web site)
- Child Care Bureau (CCB)
- Afterschool.gov (US DHHS web site)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Car Safety Seats and Transportation Safety
- Certified Child Care Health Consultants in Delaware (added 04/26/2005, Delaware DHSS web site)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- ChildFun.com
- Delaware Birth to 3 Early Intervention System (Delaware DHSS web site)
- Delaware Healthy Child Care America Program (Delaware DHSS web site)
- Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner Teacher Pages
- Family & Workplace Connection
- National Child Care Information Center - NCCIC
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Nemours - One of the nation's largest children's health systems.
- Nonprofit Purchasing Group of Delaware
- The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation's (TLLCCF)
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Zero to Three (National Center For Infants, Toddlers and Families web site)

