Wyoming Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Licensing Standards for Daycare Facilities

Group day care providers: Must be at least 19 years old and have a high school diploma or GED certificate or 6 months documented prior work experience in day care or 5 clock hours of day care training or a professional credential from a nationally-recognized organization.

Age Range Ratio For Center-based Care

0 - 2 years (1:5)

2 - 3 years (1:8)

3 - 4 years (1:10)

4 - 5 years (1:15)

5 - 6 years (1:20)

6 years and older (1:25)

Mixed age group ratio for youngest child in group

Age Range Ratio For Family Child Care

All ages (1:6)
[includes provider's own preschool age children; infant care limited to 2 unless another adult is present, then infant capacity can be increased to 5]

Child Care Licensing Agency
Wyoming Department of Family Services
Division of Early Childhood
2300 Capitol Avenue
Hathaway Building, 3rd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0490
Phone: (307) 777-5491
Fax: (307) 777-3659

Child Care Subsidy Agency
Wyoming Department of Family Services
Hathaway Building, Room 344
2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0490
Phone: (307) 777-6848
Fax: (307) 777-3659

Head Start - State Collaboration Office
University of Wyoming
1000 E University Ave
Department 4298
Laramie, WY, 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2454
Fax: (307) 766-2549

Child Care Food Program Administrator
Wyoming Department of Education
Hathaway Building, 2nd Floor
2300 Capitol Ave.
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0050
Phone: (307) 777-6262
Fax: (307) 777-6234

Child Care Resource & Referral Contact
Children and Nutrition Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 2455
Casper, WY 82602
Phone: (307) 235-7921 ext. 306
Toll Free: (800) 578-4017
Fax: (307) 266-4410

Office of Child Support Enforcement
Department of Family Services
Child Support Enforcement
122 W. 25th Herschler Building, 1301 1st Floor East
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7631
Fax: (307) 777-5588

Child Abuse Reporting Hotline
To report suspected child abuse in Wyoming, call (800) 457-3659.

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)