Hawaii Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Teacher: Must be at least 18 and have a degree in child development or early childhood education and 6 mos. working experience or a postsecondary credential in a child development associate program or a 2-year (60 credit) college program with a certificate in early childhood education plus one year experience or a baccaluareate in elementary education plus 6 mos. work experience in an early childhood program plus 6 credits of approved child development or early childhood education training courses or a baccalaureate in any field plus 6 mos. work in early childhood program plus 12 credits of approved child development or early childhood courses

Age Range	Ratio For Daycare Centers
Infants	(1:3)
Toddlers	(1:4)
2 years	(1:8)
3 years	(1:12)
4 years	(1:16)
Schoolage	(1:20)
Mixed age group	ratio for age of youngest child

Age Range

Ratio For Family Child Care

All ages

(1:6)

[no more than 2 children under 18 months]

[includes provider's children who are under 6 years old unless they are in school or enrolled in a child care facility for more than 6 hours/day]

Child Care Licensing Agency Hawaii Department of Human Services 820 Mililani Street, Suite 606 Honolulu, HI 96813-2936 Phone: (808) 586-7050 Fax: (808) 586-5229	Child Care Subsidy Agency Hawaii Department of Human Services 820 Mililani Street, Suite 606, Haseko Center Honolulu, HI 96813-2936 Phone: (808) 586-7050 Fax: (808) 586-5229
Head Start - State Collaboration Office Hawaii Department of Human Services Benefit, Employment, and Support Services Division 820 Mililani Street, Suite 606 Honolulu, HI, 96813-2936 Phone: (808) 586-5232 Fax: (808) 586-5180	Child Care Food Program Agency Department of Education 650 Iwilei Road, Suite 270 Honolulu, HI 96817 Phone: (808) 587-3600 Fax: (808) 587-3606
State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact 650 Iwilei Road, Suite 205 Honolulu, HI 96817 Phone: (808) 839-1988 Fax: (808) 839-1799	Office of Child Support Enforcement Child Support Enforcement Agency Office of Attorney General 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Suite 207 Kapolei, Hawaii 96707 Phone: (808) 692-7000 Fax: (808) 692-7134
Child Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in Hawaii, call Local (toll): (808) 832-5300. For national child abuse information, call Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency.