Connecticut Connecticut
State Requirements
Licensing Standards for Daycare Centers
Licensing Standards for Family Daycare

Worker Qualifications
Teachers: Must be at least 18 and have HS diploma, or equivalency certificate, or 540 hours documented experience with age group.

Provider /Child Ratio
Age Range Ratio For Center-based Care
Infants (1:4)
Toddlers (1:4)
Preschool (over age 3) (1:10)
Schoolage (1:10)
Mixed age group (1:4)
Age Range Ratio For Family Child Care
All ages

(1:6) includes provider’s children not in school full-time

maximum of 2 infants per provider

in addition to 6 full-time children, may have up to 3 school age children for up to 3 hours before and after school, during the school year only


Contact Information
Child Care Licensing Agency
CT Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue
Mail Station 12 DAC
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone: (860) 509-8045
Toll Free: (800) 282-6063
Fax: (860) 509-7541

Conneticut Daycare Listings
Child Care Subsidy Agency
Connecticut Department of Social Services
Family Services Unit
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5033
Phone: (860) 424-5006 or (860) 424-5598
Toll Free: (800) 811-6141 (within State)
Fax: (860) 424-5335
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT, 06106
Phone: (860) 424-5066
Fax: (860) 424-4960

Child Care Food Program Agency
CT Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, Connecticut 06457-1543
Phone: (860) 807-2071
Fax: (860) 807-2127
State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact
211 Child Care
1344 Silas Deane Highway
Rocky Hill, CT 06067-1350
Phone: (860) 571-7500
Toll Free: 2-1-1 or 800) 505-1000
Fax: 860-571-7525
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Department of Social Services
Bureau of Child Support Enforcement
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105-5033
Phone: (860) 424-4989
Fax: (860) 951-2996
Child Abuse Reporting
To report suspected child abuse in Connecticut, call TDD: (800) 624-5518, Toll-Free: (800) 842-2288.

For national child abuse information, call Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency.


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