Massachusetts Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Teacher: Must be at least 21 years old or have a high school diploma or equivalent and have at least 9 months of supervised work experience with children under 7 years old and have a three credit course in Child Growth and Development; or have a Child Development Associate Credential; or have graduated from a two-year high school vocational program in early childhood education, approved by the Office for both the education and experience requirements and have been evaluated and recommended by the program instructor; or hold an Associate's or Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or related field and 3 months required work experience; or hold a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field, and have 6 months required work experience, and have a three credit course in Child Growth and Development. To be considered an infant/toddler teacher, the required work experience includes time working with that age group.

Age Range	Ratio For Center-based Care
Infants	(1:3) and (2:4-7)
Toddlers	(1:4) and (2:5-9)
Preschool	(1:10) [full day center] (1:12) [half day center]
Schoolage	(1:13)
Mixed age group	(1:3) and (2:4-9) [infants up to 2 yrs. 9 mos.] (1:5) and (2:6-9) [15 mos to 7 years] (1:10) and (2:11-20) [2 yrs. 9 mos. to 7 years] (1:15) and (2:16-30) [4yrs. 9 mos. to 7 yrs]

Age Range	Ratio For Family Child Care
Infants	(1:3) [1 of the 3 infants must be at least 15 mos. and walking]
Under age of 7 years	(1:6) [includes children living in the home]

Child Care Licensing Agency Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care 51 Sleeper Street, 4th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Phone: (617) 988-6600 Fax: (617) 988-2451	Child Care Subsidy Agency Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care 51 Sleeper Street, 4th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Phone: (617) 988-6600 Fax: (617) 988-2451
Head Start - State Collaboration Office Department of Early Education and Care 51 Sleeper St. 4th Floor Boston, MA, 02210 Phone: (617) 988-7817 Fax: (617) 988-2451	Child Care Food Program Agency Massachusetts Department of Education 350 Main Street Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5023 Phone: (781) 338-6479 Fax: (781) 338-3399
State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact Massachusetts Child Care Resource and Referral Network c/o Child Care Circuit 190 Hampshire Street Lawrence, MA 01840 Phone: (978) 722-2529 Toll Free: (800) 660-2868 Fax: (978) 927-8083	Office of Child Support Enforcement Child Support Enforcement Division Department of Revenue PO Box 6561 Boston, Massachusetts 02114-9561 Phone: (617) 626-4064 Fax: (617) 887-7550
Child Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in Massachusetts, call (800) 792-5200. For national child abuse information, call Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency.