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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />il] Divi!iionot!..icensing <br />Main Page <br />., BackgroLind Studies <br />Unit <br />I]i forms <br />I]i Maltreatment <br />Investigations Unit <br />I]i Reports <br />lli Lic::~nsing <br />.' c:bild Care Unit <br />II Developmental <br />Disabilities Unit <br />ill Family Systems Unit <br />ill Mental Health. <br />Chemical Degendency. <br />and Adult Dav Care <br />Uni.!: <br />.1 E.eedba<;[( <br /> <br />Global Navigation <br /> <br />Ii How Do I1We... <br />ilii\-...!:oz 10.2 i cs <br />ili FAGs (?) <br />'Ii Calendar <br />Ii Newsroom <br /> <br />'i DoclJlTlents & Forms <br />ili Grants & RFPs <br />ili Bulletins & Manuals <br /> <br />... ~ounties ~ ReQiol1al <br />ill Employment <br />. About DHS <br /> <br />Topic Hom.e_ Search ~ Contact Us <br /> <br />Licensing <br />Ch i Id Ca re Centers <br /> <br />General child care licensing information: <br />Centers I Emglo_m I family and Group Family <br /> <br />Why is it important to license child care? <br /> <br />Parents who use child care entrust their children to a care <br />provider for many hours each day. Licensing child care helps <br />protect the health and safety of children by requiring that <br />providers meet minimum standards for care and physical <br />environment. <br /> <br />How do child care centers differ from other child care? <br /> <br />In Minnesota, licensed child care is provided through either <br />family child care or child care centers. Family child care is <br />generally provided in the caregiver's home and no more <br />than 14 children can be cared for at anyone time. A child <br />care center, generally, is characterized by a location other <br />than the provider's or caregiver's residence, larger numbers <br />of children being cared for, and staff qualification and <br />training requirements. <br /> <br />Staff ratios and group sizes <br /> <br />The center must meet the minimum adult/child ratios and <br />maximum group size with the following age categories: <br /> <br />Age category <br />Infant <br /> <br />Toddler <br /> <br />Preschooler <br />School Age <br /> <br />adult/child ratio <br />1/4 <br />1/7 <br />1/10 <br />1/15 <br /> <br />Max. group size <br />8 <br />14 <br />20 <br />20 <br /> <br />Staff qualifications <br /> <br />A child care center must have the appropriate number of <br />staff qualified as teachers, assistant teachers and aides <br />based on the number of children in each age group. <br /> <br />Teacher: A child care center teacher must be at least 18 <br />years old and meet one of nine possible combined <br />