BECOMING LICENSED / START-UP INFORMATION

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PRE SERVICE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

Whether you are interested in opening a family child care home or a child care center, CCR&R staff can provide you with information and resources to help get you started.

If you are interested in being a licensed provider, it will be to helpful to review a copy of the DCFS licensing standards.  Visit the DCFS Sunshine site to view the most recent standards.  They can be found under Forms/Rules.
https://sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/Content/Licensing/Welcome.aspx 

In addition, great start-up information can be found through Child Care Aware at: http://childcareaware.org/child-care-providers/getting-started

Don’t find what you are looking for or need additional information?
Call CCR&R at 1-800-548-5563 and one of our trained staff will be happy to help!

Ready to connect with DCFS? Call 618-993-7100 to reach a DCFS Licensing representative.