Rhode Island Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

	Licensing Standards for Daycare Centers
	Licensing Standards for Family Daycare

Teacher: Must have a current Rhode Island certificate in early childhood education or a bachelor's or master's degree in early childhood education from an accredited or approved school and a minimum of three months supervised teaching experience in a licensed or approved early childhood program (which may be a student teaching experience) or a bachelor's degree from an accredited or approved school and required course work and experience defined in Rhode Island Early Childhood Certification standards.

Age Range Ratio For Center-based Care

Infants (1:4)

Toddlers (1:6)

3 years (1:9)

4 years (1:10)

5 years (1:12)

Schoolage (1:13)

Mixed age group depends on number/age of youngest child in group

Age Range Ratio For Family Child Care

If care is provided to child under 18 months of age, care for no more than 4 children under 6 years, no more than 2 of which can be under the age of 18 months; providers may have up to 8 children if there is an approved assistant; no more than 4 may be under 18 months old.

Child Care Licensing Agency
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Day Care Licensing Unit
101 Friendship Street
Providence, RI 02903-3716
Phone: (401) 528-3623
Fax: (401) 528-3650

Child Care Subsidy Agency
Rhode Island Department of Human Services
Office of Child Care
Louis Pasteur Building #57
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 452-6875
Fax: (401) 462-6878

Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Department of Human Services
Louis Pasteur Building
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI, 02920
Phone: (401) 462-3071
Fax: (401) 462-6878

Child Care Food Program Agency
Comprehensive School Health & Nutrition
Rhode Island Department of Education
Office of School Improvement and Support Services
255 Westminster Street, Shephard Bldg.
Providence, Rhode Island 02903-3400
Phone: (401) 222-4600 ext. 2364
Fax: (401) 222-4979

State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact
Options for Working Parents
1441 Park Avenue, Suite B
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 946-2300
Toll Free: (800) 244-8700
Fax: (401) 946-2301

Office of Child Support Enforcement
Office of Child Support Services
Department of Human Services
77 Dorrance Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Phone: (401) 222-4368
Fax: (401) 222-2887

Child Abuse Reporting Hotline
To report suspected child abuse in Rhode Island, call 1-800-RI-CHILD (1-800-742-4453).

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)

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