Daycare License Requirements for Hawaii
Worker requirements
Must be at least 18 and have a degree in child development or early childhood education and 6 mos. working experience or a postsecondary credential in a child development associate program or a 2-year (60 credit) college program with a certificate in early childhood education plus one year experience or a baccalaureate in elementary education plus 6 mos. work experience in an early childhood program plus 6 credits of approved child development or early childhood education training courses or a baccalaureate in any field plus 6 mos. work in early childhood program plus 12 credits of approved child development or early childhood courses
Provider / Child Ratio
| Age Range | Ratio For Daycare Centers |
| Infants | (1:3) |
| Toddlers | (1:4) |
| 2 years | (1:8) |
| 3 years | (1:12) |
| 4 years | (1:16) |
| School age | (1:20) |
| Mixed age group | ratio for age of youngest child |
| Age Range | Ratio For Family Child Care |
| All ages | (1:6)[no more than 2 children under 18 months][includes provider's children who are under 6 years old unless they are in school or enrolled in a child care facility for more than 6 hours/day] |
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Benefit, Employment & Support Services Division
820 Mililani Street, Suite 606
Honolulu, HI 96813-2936
Phone: 808-586-7050
Fax: 808-586-5229
Web site: http://hawaii.gov/dhs
(Will refer family child care calls to local licensing agency)
Licensing rules for child care centers:
http://hawaii.gov/dhs/main/har/har_current/17-895.pdf
Registration of Family Child Care Homes:
http://hawaii.gov/dhs/main/har/har_current/17-891.1.pdf
Licensing of Group Child Care Centers and Group Child Care Homes:
http://hawaii.gov/dhs/main/har/har_current/17-892.1.pdf
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