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Daycare License Requirements for Indiana

Worker requirements

Must be at least 18 and have a high school education or equivalent. If working with an infant/toddler group, must be at least 21 and have a high school education or equivalent, and 1 year experience.

 

Provider / Child Ratio

Age Range

Ratio For Daycare Centers

Infants

(1:4)

Toddlers

(1:5)

2 years

(1:5)

3 years

(1:10)

4 years

(1:12)

5 years

(1:15)

6 years and up

(1:20)

 

Age Range

Ratio For Family Child Care

Birth to 24 months

(1:6) [two of the 6 children must be at least 16 months and walking. Otherwise the ratio is 1:4]

Birth to 6 years

(1:10) [No more than 3 of the 10 children may be under sixteen months of age and must be walking]

3-10 years

(1:12)

All ages

(1:12) [the maximum capacity in a child care home is 1:12 plus 3 children during the school year who are enrolled at least in Grade 1]

 

Indiana Family & Social Services Administration
Division of Family and Children
Bureau of Child Development - Licensing Section
402 W. Washington Street, Room W-386
Indianapolis, IN 46204

For center-based child-care call:
Phone: 317-232-4469
For Family Child Care call:
Phone: 317-232-4521 or 317-234-2100
Fax: 317-234-1513
Web site: http://www.childcarefinder.in.gov

 

Regulation child care home

http://www.in.gov/fssa/files/IC-12-17.2-ch5.pdf

 

Regulation or child care centers

http://www.in.gov/fssa/files/IC-12-17.2-ch4.pdf


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