Open a licensed family child care home

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Prove the neighborhood will pay

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Read your state's family child care rules
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What this step produces: one page with three numbers from your state’s rule — the maximum children you may enroll, the sub-limit under age two, and the home requirements that could block your space — plus the licensing agency’s name and phone number. The trap is reading the wrong rule: most states license family child care homes under a separate chapter from centers, and the numbers differ by state, so there is no generic version of this step.
- Search for `[your state] family child care home licensing` — the agency usually sits inside your state’s department of health, human services, or social services; your local Child Care Resource and
- Open the family child care rule in your state’s administrative code — not the center-based rule.
- Write down the maximum children allowed and the under-two sub-limit, which is often a separate, smaller count.
- List the home requirements that could block your space: fencing, pool, pets, sleeping-room, and smoke-detector rules.
- Note the application fee and the agency’s phone number, and call with any ambiguity — licensing staff answer this question all day.

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