OKDHS - Provider's Services

Providers

Service Information

The Oklahoma Child Care Services Licensing Unit strives to provide information and resources to support licensed child care centers and family child care homes in the delivery of quality early care and education.

Online Services

Licensing

Licensing requirements
Licensing Records - Background Checks
Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines for Infants, Toddlers and Twos (.pdf, 84 pp, 1.9 MB)
Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines Ages Three through Five (.pdf, 80 pp, 4.4 MB)
Oklahoma Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners (.pdf, 74 pp, 2.1 MB)

Reaching for the Stars

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I open or buy a child care center?

How do I open a family child care home?

Know what to expect from my licensing specialist?

What are parents looking for when they visit my child care?

Contact Information

Kristi Simpson
Statewide Licensing Coordinator

Phone: (405) 521-3561
1-800-347-2276

Mailing Address:
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125

Contact your local residential licensing regional field representatives

Map of Oklahoma showing the five licensing regions served by the OKDHS Division of Child Care (DCC). More information about the map follows below.
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 5

Use the Child Care Locator/Summary of Facility Monitoring to view a summary of facility monitoring reports for your a child care facility or to search for quality child care in Oklahoma. View the Child Care Locator Fact.

Child Care Restricted Registry (Joshua's List). Search for people who are restricted from working in Child Care.

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