New Hampshire Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Child Care Worker: Must be at least 18 and have a high school diploma or equivalent and documentation of successful completion of a 2 year vocational child care course; or 6 college credits in early childhood education or early childhood special education, including 3 credits in human growth and development; or a minimum of 1000 hours of supervised child care experience with a written recommendation from supervisor and 3 college credits in early childhood education, or early childhood special education; or 72 hours of workshops, courses or in-service training with at least 12 hours in human growth and development and the remainder in early childhood education or early childhood special education; or employment on 7/24/90 as a teacher in a NH licensed facility and 5 years experience as a teacher.

Age Range	Ratio For Center-based Care
6 wks. - 12 mos.	(1:4)
13 mos. - 24 mos.	(1:5)
25 mos. - 35 mos.	(1:6)
36 mos. - 47 mos.	(1:8)
48 mos. - 59 mos.	(1:12)
60 mos. and older	(1:15)
Mixed age group	ratio based on average age of group

Age Range

Ratio For Family Child Care

One provider may care for any one of the following groups of children (includes the provider's own biological or adopted children, foster and resident children up to 10 years of age:

1) 6 preschool children and 3 school age children provided that no more than 3 children shall be under 36 months of age of which no more than 2 shall be under 19 months of age.

2) 5 preschool children and 3 school age children provided that no more than 4 children shall be under 36 months of age of which no more than 2 children shall be under 24 months of age.

3) 4 children under 36 months of age.

4) 6 preschool children and 3 school age children provided that no more than 4 children shall be under 36 months of age (requires an assistant/aide).

Child Care Licensing Agency New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services 129 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301-3857 Phone: (603) 271-4624 Toll Free: (800) 852-3345 ext. 4624 (within State) Fax: (603) 271-4782	Child Care Subsidy Agency New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Division for Children, Youth & Families 129 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301-3857 Phone: (603) 271-7190 Fax: (603) 271-4729
Head Start - State Collaboration Office Division for Children, Youth and Families 129 Pleasant Street Concord, NH, 03301-6505 Phone: (603) 271-7190 Fax: (603) 271-4729	Child Care Food Program Agency Bureau of Nutrition Programs & Services New Hampshire Department of Education 101 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Phone: (603) 271-3860 Fax: (603) 271-1953
State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact Lakes Region Community Services Council PO Box 509, 67 Communications Drive Laconia, NH 03247 Phone: (603) 528-0274 Toll Free: (800) 649-8817	Office of Child Support Enforcement Division of Child Support Services Health & Human Services 129 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301-8711 Phone: (800) 852-3345 Fax: (603) 271-4787
Child Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in New Hampshire, call (800) 894-5533, or (603) 271-6562 for out-of-state calls. For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline (staffed 24 hours daily with professional crisis counselors): 1-800-4-A-CHILD or 1-800-2-A-CHILD (T.D.D)