Types of Child Care

Type of Care

Maximum Number of Children in Care

License-Not-Required (LNR) Family Child Care
(birth up to and including age 12)

2 children other than the care provider’s own

Licensed Family Child Care (LFCC)
(birth up to and including age 12)

Maximum 7 children, including the care provider's own children. No more than 3 children younger than 48 months and of those 3, no more than 2 children younger than 24 months.

In Home Multi-Age Child Care

Ratio 1:8
No more than 3 children under 36 months and of those 3, no more than 1 child under 12 months.

Group Child Care
(under 3 years of age)

Not more than 12 in a group

Group Child Care
(over 3 years of age)

Not more than 25 in a group

Preschool
(30 months to Kindergarten)

Not more than 20 in a group

School Age Child Care
(Kindergarten up to and including age 12)

Not more than 20 – 25 children in a group

In Child’s Own Home

Children in the family