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Licensing Standards for Daycare Centers
Licensing Standards for Family Daycare
Teacher: Must be at least 18 years old and have a bachelor's in fields
of education or human development and at least 2 years experience in
child care; or a bachelor's in elementary education and at least
2 years experience in child care; or a bachelor's in elementary education
if working only with school-age children; or a bachelor's in early childhood
education; or and associate's in early childhood development; or certification
as a Child Development Associate; or certification in Montessori teacher
training program and at least 1 year experience in a Montessori school
or child care setting; or a child development technician diploma; or
at least 5 years supervised experience in a child care center; or a
prekindergarten teacher endorsement.
| Age Range | Ratio For Child Care Centers |
| Infants | (1:5) |
| Toddlers (up to 3 years) | (1:5) |
| Preschool (3 - 6 years) | (1:10) |
| Schoolage | (1:15) |
| Mixed age group | according to number in each group |
| Age Range | Ratio For Family Child Care |
| All ages |
(1:12) [with no more than 4 children under the age of 2 years and no more than 2 of those 4 can be under the age of 1; provider's children under the age of 6 must be counted] |
| Child
Care Licensing Agency South Dakota Department of Social Services Division of Child Care Services 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: (605) 773-4766 Toll Free: (800) 227-3020 Fax: (605) 773-7294 |
Child
Care Subsidy Agency South Dakota Department of Social Services Division of Child Care Services 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2291 Phone: (605) 773-4766 Toll Free: (800) 227-3020 Fax: (605) 773-7294 |
| Head
Start - State Collaboration Office Department of Education 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD, 57501 Phone: (605) 773-4640 Fax: (605) 773-3782 |
Child
Care Food Program Agency Department of Education Child and Adult Nutrition Services 800 Governors Drive Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2294 Phone: (605) 773-4746 Fax: (605) 773-6846 |
| State
Child Care Resource & Referral Contact South Dakota State University 926 Harvey Dunn Street Brookings, SD 57007 Phone: (605) 688-5730 Toll Free: (800) 354-8238 Fax: (605) 688-6763 |
Office
of Child Support Enforcement |
| Child
Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in South Dakota, call the local Department of Social Services office or a local law enforcement agency. 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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