Your Child Care Options

Type of Care

License-Not-Required (LNR) Family Child Care

Registered License-Not-Required (RLNR) Family Child Care

Maximum Number of
Children in Care

2 children or a sibling group, other than the care provider's own children (birth up to and including age 12)

2 children or a sibling group, other that the care provider's own children. Registered with the Child Care Resource & Referral Program (birth up to and including age 12)

Licensed Family Child Care (LFCC)

7 children including the care provider's own children under the age of 12. No more than: 3 children younger than 48 months old and , of those 3, no more than one child younger than 12 months old or 4 children younger than 48 months old and, of those 4, no more than 2 children younger than 24 months old.

Licensed Group Child Care

Not more than 12 in a group (children under 3 years of age)

Licensed Group Child Care

Not more than 25 in a group (children 30 months to school age)

School Age Child Care

Preschool

Multi-Age Child Care

In-Home Multi-Age Child Care

Not more than 20 to 25 children in a group (kindergaten up to and including age 12)

Not more that 20 children in a group (30 months to school age) care for not more than 4 hours per day

Provision of care to children of various ages in a group setting child care setting

Provision of care in licensed family setting to children of various ages to a maximum of 8 children

In Child's Own Home

Care in the child's own home. Children in the family