The Child Care Facilities Licensing Act defines programs that are required to be licensed. Each program has their own minimum licensing requirements for the protection of children's health, safety and well-being.  Requirements exist that cover child care centers, family child care homes and large child care homes, part-day programs, and school-age programs, summer day camps, residential child care facilities, and child placing agencies.

Programs exempt from licensure include: care provided in a child's own home or by relatives, informal arrangements for the occasional care of children, programs in which children attend on a drop-in basis and parents are on the premises and readily accessible, single activity programs, and programs operating for 15 hours or less per week.

• Child Care Licensing
• Residential and Child Placing Agency Licensing
• Training

• Child Care Locator/Summary of Facility Monitoring

Child Care Licensing

• Contact by e-mail

Phone:  (405) 521-2152
              1-800-347-2276

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0352

• 2008 Market Rate Results (.pdf, 2 pp, 640 KB)
• Better Baby Care Facts (.pdf, 1 pp, 275 KB)
• Child Care Consultation (.pdf, 1 pp, 119 KB)
• Child Care Eligibility (Appendix C-4, .pdf, 9 pp, 93 KB) 
• Rates Schedule (Appendix C-4-B, .pdf, 7 pp, 134 KB)
• Child Care Home Conference Voucher (.pdf, 2 pp, 257 KB)
• Child Care Center Conference Voucher (.pdf, 2 pp, 258 KB)
• CCHP Health and Safety Checklist
• Frequently asked questions
• Licensing requirements
• Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act (Link opens in new window)
• Oklahoma Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners (.pdf, 74 pp, 1.7 MB)
• Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines (.pdf, 71 pp, 1.4 MB)
• Quality Checklist
• Related links
• Starting a Child Care Center in Oklahoma (.pdf, 61 pp, 830 KB)
• Understanding the Licensing Process - Rights and Responsibilities (.pdf, 14 pp, 433 KB)

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