Vermont Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Staff: Must be at least 18 years old (17 years old if a vo-tech child care student or graduate) and have a CDA or CCP (Child Care Professional) credential; or an associate degree in early childhood or human/child development; or one year successful experience working with young children and one higher ed. course in early childhood education or human/child development.

Age Range	Ratio For Daycare Centers
Infants	(1:4)
Toddlers	(1:5)
Preschool	(1:10)
Schoolage	(1:13)
Mixed age group	lowest ratio

Age Range	Ratio For Family Child Care
Infants	(1:2) [includes provider's children under 2 years of age]
All ages	(1:6) [plus additional 4 school age children for not more than 4 hours per day on a before and/or after school basis, not including provider's children over 2 years of age]

Child Care Licensing Agency Vermont Department Children and Families Child Development Division 103 South Main Street, A Building Waterbury, VT 05671-5500 Phone: (802) 241-6941 Toll Free: (800) 649-2642 (within State) Fax: (802) 241-4676	Child Care Subsidy Agency Vermont Department for Children and Families Child Development Division CDD, 2 North 103 South Main Street Waterbury, VT 05671-2901 Phone: (802) 241-4690 Fax: (802) 241-1220
Head Start - State Collaboration Office Agency of Human Services 103 South Main Street Waterbury, VT, 05671-0204 Phone: (802) 241-2705 Fax: (802) 241-2979	Child Care Food Program Administrator State Department of Education 120 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2703 Phone: (802) 828-5154 Fax: (802) 828-0573
Child Care Resource and Referral Contact 181 Commerce Street Williston, VT 05495 Phone: (802) 863-3367, ext. 17 Toll Free: (877) 822-2772 Fax: (802) 863-4202	Office of Child Support Enforcement Office of Child Support 103 South Main Street Waterbury, Vermont 05671-1901 Phone: (802) 786-3214 Fax: (802) 244-1483
Child Abuse Reporting Hotline To report suspected child abuse in Vermont, call Social Services at (802) 479-4260 between 7:45 am and 4:40 pm. After hours, call (800) 649-5285. 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)