Kansas Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Group leader -- fewer than 13 children: Must be at least 18 with a high school diploma or equivalent plus 6 mos. teaching experience or 5 sessions of 2 ½ hours of observation in a child care facility with children of same age plus 10 hours of approved workshops or 3 semester hours academic credit or equivalent training in child development, early childhood education, curriculum resources plus supervised observation in high school or college or 3 mos. work experience or CDA..

Group leader -- 13 - 24 children: Must be at least 18 with a high school diploma or equivalent plus 5 sessions of observation and 1 year teaching experience or 1 year supervised practicum or 7 - 9 semester hours academic credit or equivalent training in child development or early childhood education plus 3 mos. teaching experience or 1year supervised practicum or CDA.

Age Range	Ratio For Center-based Care
Infants	(1:3)
Toddlers	(1:5)
2 ½ - 6 years	(1:10)
3 - 6 years	(1:12)
Schoolage (K-12th)	(1:14)
Schoolage (6th-12th)	(1:16)
Mixed age group (0-6 years)	(1:4) [maximum of 8 children in one group]

Age Range	Ratio For Family Child Care
0 - 18 months	(1:3)

Child Care Licensing Agency Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Child Care and Health Facilities Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 200 Topeka, KS 66612-1274 Phone: (785) 296-1270 Fax: (785) 296-0803	Child Care Subsidy Agency Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Economic and Employment Support Docking State Office Building 915 SW Harrison, 681W Topeka, KS 66612-1510 Phone: (785) 291-3314 Toll Free: (888) 369-4777 Fax: (785) 296-0146
Head Start - State Collaboration Office Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Docking State Office Building 915 Southwest Harrison, Room 681 West Topeka, KS, 66612 Phone: (785) 368-6354 Fax: (785) 296-0146	Child Care Food Program Agency Kansas State Board of Education 120 SE 10th Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66612-1182 Phone: (785) 296-2276 Fax: (785) 296-0232
State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact 1512 E. Iron Salina, KS 67401 Phone: (785) 823-3343 Toll Free: (877) 678-2548 Fax: (785) 823-3385	Office of Child Support Enforcement Child Support Enforcement Program Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services P.O.Box 497 Topeka, Kansas 66601-049 Phone: (785) 296-3237 Fax: (785) 296-5206
Child Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in Kansas, call Toll-Free: (800) 922-5330. For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency.