DHHS → OCFS → Early Childhood → Child Care and Head Start → Provider Information → Become a Provider → Family Child Care Home
General Information
Information for Providers
- Overview
- Becoming a Child Care Provider
- Education and Training
- Licensing and Certification
- Resource Development Centers
- Business Support
- Child Care Food Program
- Inclusive Child Care
- Accreditation
- Health and Safety
- School Age Child Care
- 2011 Double Tax Credit Eligible Licensed Child Care Providers
- Quality for ME
Starting a Family Child Care Home
Information Packet for Family Child Care Providers:
Note: The following links will take you outside of the Office of Child and Family Services web pages.
- Rules for Family Child Care Providers
- Rules (Microsoft Word*)
- Fire Prevention and Life Safety Requirements for Child Care Facilites (including Daycare and Nursery School Requirements)
- Daycare and Nursery School Requirements (Adobe PDF*)
- Family Child Care Provider Application
- Application to become a Certified Family Child Care Provider (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- Application to become a Certified Family Child Care Provider (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- Contact List
- (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- Resource Development Centers
- (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- Lead-Safe Child Care
- (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- References (3 cover letters and 3 questionnaires must be completed and returned to this office)
- Cover Letter (please print 3) (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
- Questionnaire (please print 3) (Microsoft Word* | Adobe PDF*)
