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Senior Staff: At least 20 years old with a high school diploma or equivalent
or successful completion of courses for credit from accredited college or university;
and 6 semester hours or 90 clock hours of approved training or CDA and
either 1 year supervised work experience in group program for preschoolers or
as a registered family child care provider, or 1 year of college or equivalent
combination of college and experience; or at least 19 years old and hold
AA degree in early childhood education or recreation. Persons approved or certified
by State Department of Education as teacher for grades nursery through third
grade are also considered qualified as senior staff.
| Age Range | Ratio For Center-based Care |
| Infants | (1:3) |
| Young toddlers | (1:3) |
| 2 years | (1:6) |
| Preschool | (1:10) |
| Schoolage | (1:15) |
| Mixed age group | varies by ages |
| Age Range | Ratio For Family Child Care |
| All ages |
(1:8) [no more than 2 children under age 2] |
| Child
Care Licensing Agency Maryland Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Development Office of Child Care 311 W. Saratoga Street, 1st Floor Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: (410) 767-7128 Toll Free: (800) 332-6347 Fax: (410) 333-8699 |
Child
Care Subsidy Agency Maryland Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Development Office of Child Care 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: (410)767-7128 Toll Free: (800) 332-6347 Fax: (410) 333-8699 |
| Head
Start - State Collaboration Office Division of Instruction and Early Learning 200 W. Baltimore Street, 5th Floor Baltimore, MD, 21201 Phone: (410) 767-0140 Fax: (410) 333-2379 |
Child
Care Food Program Agency Maryland Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2595 Phone: (410) 767-0199 Fax: (410) 333-2635 |
| State
Child Care Resource & Referral Contact Maryland Committee for Children, Inc. 608 Water Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: (410) 752-7588 Fax: (410) 752-6286 |
Office
of Child Support Enforcement Child Support Enforcement Administration Department of Human Resources Saratoga State Center 311 West Saratoga Street, Room 329 Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3521 |
| Child
Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in Maryland, call (410) 767-7112 or (800) 332-6347, or TTY for hearing impaired: (800) 925-4434 For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency. |
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