Connecticut Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

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

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]

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	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.