Delaware Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Caregivers: Must be at least 18 and have a 4-year degree with at least 3 credit hours in child development or early childhood education and 3 mos. supervised student teaching or 6 mos. experience working with children in group setting; or an associate degree with 3 credit hours in child development or early childhood education and 6 mos. experience; or a CDA with 6 mos. experience; or HS degree with successful completion of vocational child care program or a 1 year certificate program in child development or early childhood education and 1 year experience; or HS degree or equivalent and 60 clock hours of training in child development or early childhood education and 1 year experience.

Age Range	Ratio For Daycare Centers
Infants	(1:4)
12 - 24 months	(1:7)
2 - 3 years	(1:10)
3 - 4 years	(1:12)
4 - 5 years	(1:15)
5 years and up	(1:25)
Mixed age group	for children under 24 months of age, the ratio shall be that for the age of the youngest child in the group; for mixed age groups with children over 24 months of age, the ratio shall be that required for the age group with the largest number of children present in the group

Age Range	Ratio For Family Child Care
0 - preschool with maximum of 3 children under 2 years of age and maximum of 2 children under 12 months	(1:4) [with 2 additional school age children for a Level I provider and includes family members under school age]
0 - preschool with maximum of 3 children under 2 years of age and maximum of 2 children under 12 months	(1:6) [with 3 additional school age children for a Level II provider and includes family members under school age]

Child Care Licensing Agency Delaware Department of Children, Youth and Their Families Office of Child Care Licensing 1825 Faulkland Road Wilmington, DE 19805-1121 Phone: (302) 892-5800 Toll Free: (800) 822-2236 (within State) Fax: (302) 633-5112	Child Care Subsidy Agency Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Social Services P.O. Box 906, Lewis Building 1901 N. DuPont Highway New Castle, DE 19720-1100 Phone: (302) 255-9643 Toll Free: (800) 372-2022 Fax: (302) 255-4425
Head Start - State Collaboration Office State of Delaware Department of Education Improvement and Assistance Branch, Townsend Building, Suite 2 401 Federal Street Dover, DE, 19901-3639 Phone: (302) 735-4210 Fax: (302) 739-2388	Child Care Food Program Agency School Support Services Department of Education Post Office Box 1402 Dover, Delaware 19903-1402 Phone: (302) 739-4676 Fax: (302) 739-6397
Child Care Resource & Referral Contact The Family and Workplace Connection 3511 Silverside Road, 100 Wilson Building Wilmington, DE 19810-4902 Phone: (302) 479-1679 Fax: (302) 479-1693	Office of Child Support Enforcement Division of Child Support Enforcement Delaware Health and Social Services P.O. Box 904 New Castle, Delaware 19720 Phone: (302) 326-6200 Fax: (302) 324-6246 Customer Service: (302) 577-7171
Child Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in Delaware, Toll-Free: (800) 292-9582 For national child abuse information, call Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency.