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Indiana
Child Care Licensing
Information
The Indiana child care licensing information page will provide valuable information if you are thinking of starting your own Indiana child care business.
If you live in the state of Indiana and are interested in providing child care to 6 or more children, you are required to follow the necessary steps needed to acquire an Indiana child care license. When calculating the number of children you can provide care for, you must count any of your own children that are under the age of 7.
An Indiana child care license is not required if you will be providing care for fewer than 6 children (non relative children). Additionally, licensing is not required if care is provided by you to only relative children, migrant children, or you provide care in which compensation is not received.
Steps to obtain your Indiana child care license:
- Contact your local Child Care Resource and Referral Agency to sign up for the two-part orientation training session. Call 1-800-299-1627, (click here for child care resource and referral map) or email ot@iaccrr.org.
- Attend the two-part Orientation Training and Safe Sleep Training conducted by the local Child Care Resource and Referral Agency.
- Send completed application packet to your Indiana child care licensing consultant.
- Prepare home for inspection utilizing the inspection checklist and rules and regulations obtained in Orientation II.
**If private well, must obtain well water test; and if 25 or more people involved, contact Indiana Department of Environmental Management drinking water branch.
**Check with local zoning to comply with zoning ordinances.
- Contact the Licensing Consultant after submission of your completed paperwork to schedule an inspection.
- The Licensing Consultant will complete the home inspection, then either approve or deny your child care application.
- An original license is mailed to the new provider and acopy is kept for the Division of Family Resources, Bureau ofChild Care.
- Your new Indiana child care license must be posted in your home.
Once you are licensed, click here to obtain necessary child care forms.
Child Care and Development Fund
As a licensed child care provider in Indiana, you may wish to participate in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) voucher program. This program helps low income families pay for child care. It is administered through the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration in the Division of Family and Children, Bureau of Child Care.
Child care providers or centers that would like to participate in this program, must meet CCDF Provider Eligibility Standards as well as a center or home inspection. Once these standards have been met, the inspection has been passed, and a child on the CCDF program has been assigned to your child care home or center, a POS machine will be installed in the child care home or center.
The POS machine is used like a debit or credit card machine for families to swipe a voucher card at drop off and pick up times. The information transmitted from this machine to the state is used to pay for services that have been provided to families by child care providers.
If you are interested in participating in this program, the CCDF Provider Eligibility Standards packet can be accessed by contacting TCC.
TCC
P.O. Box 1186
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Phone: 317-638-7095
Toll Free: 866-921-6623
pes@e-tcc.com
The Indiana Provider Web was developed primarily to offer hands on, user friendly information to Indiana CCDF child care providers about the child care attendance information that is recorded in the POS device and used to calculate CCDF payments. For more information, visit Indiana Provider Web.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
In the state of Indiana, the Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition Programs, administers the program, which is housed under the United States Department of Agriculture.
The purpose of the Child and Adult Care Food Program is to help provide nutritious meals to children twelve years of age and under in day care settings. Any licensed day care home provider who has entered into an agreement with a sponsoring organization who has a current contract with this office to administer family day care homes.
Visit the Department of Education website to learn more about the CACFP program.
Additional information has been listed for Indian child care and daycare providers looking to find out about child care associations, CPR courses, continuing education courses, and where to report child abuse. More resources will be continuously added, so check back often for updates. If you know of a valuable resource that you would like to share, please
contact me
and I will be sure to add it to the master list.
Once you have established your business, you can advertise on this site. Just fill out the registration form and your information will be available for parents to read about your child care services.
Access the Child Care Business Listing Form Here
Source: Bureau of Child Development Licensing Section
Contact information for obtaining an Indiana Child Care License:
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Family Resources
Bureau of Child Care
402 West Washington Street, Room W386
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-1144
Toll Free: 800-299-1627
Website: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Indiana Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (IACCRRA)
3901 N. Meridian St., Suite 350
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-924-5202
Toll Free: 800-299-1627
Website: IACCRRA
Other helpful Indiana Child Care links and resources:
After obtaining your Indiana child care license, consider joining an Indiana child care association to assist you and support you in developing your child care business.
I have provided a comprehensive list of child care associations located throughout the state of Indiana. Click on the link below:
Indiana Child Care Associations
There are many online certification courses; however, many states require potential child care providers to take courses on site. In my opinion, it is best to learn how to perform CPR if you actually have the opportunity to practice the crucial life-saving techniques albeit on a dummy.
In addition, you will want to be able to perform basic first aid and administer the necessary techniques to alleviate choking in infants, toddlers, and children.
Here is a list of CPR resources in the state of Indiana:
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS
441 East 10th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 684-1441
Website: American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis
AYS, Inc.
4755 Kingsway Drive, Ste 300
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone: (317) 283-3817
Website: AYS
RESQ
6845 S. Madison Ave Suite I
Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Located directly behind Cardinal Insurance in the back building. Phone: (317) 786-7260
Website: RESQ
For Indiana workshops, conferences, and meeting events on Early Childhood topics, check out the Early Childhood Meeting Place.
Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect
Suspected child abuse or neglect should be reported to Child Protective Services (CPS). They operate a 24-hour, 7-day a week hotline: 1-800-800-5556. There is also a local number for every county listed at the CPS website. Check your phone book or call Prevent Child Abuse Indiana at (317)542-7002 to get your local CPS number.
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