Daycare License Requirements for Connecticut

Worker requirements

Must be at least 18 and have HS diploma, or equivalency certificate, or 540 hours documented experience with age group.

Child / Provider Ratio

Age Range	Ratio For Daycare Centers
Infants	(1:4)
Toddlers	(1:4)
Preschool (over age 3)	(1:10)
School age	(1:10)
Mixed age group	(1:4)

Age Range

Ratio For Family Child Care

All ages

(1:6)

[includes provider’s children not in school full-time]

[maximum of 2 infants per provider]

[in addition to 6 full-time children, may have up to 3 school age children for up to 3 hours before and after school, during the school year only]

CT Department of Public Health
Child Day Care Licensing
410 Capitol Avenue
Mail Station 12 DAC
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone: 860-509-8045
Fax: 860-509-7541
Web site: http://www.dph.state.ct.us/BRS/Day_Care/day_care.htm

Regulations for family daycare:

http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3141&q=387176&dphNav_GID=1823&dphNav=|#1

Forms and application family day care:
http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3141&q=387162&dphNav_GID=1823&dphPNavCtr=|#Family_Day_Care_

Regulations for day care center:

http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3141&q=387176&dphNav_GID=1823&dphNav=|#2

Forms and applications day care centers:
http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3141&q=387162&dphNav_GID=1823&dphPNavCtr=|#Group_Day_Care_Home/Child_Day_Care_Center_

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