Whether you are interested in opening a family child care home or a child care center, CCR&R staff can 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 IDEC licensing standards.  Visit the IDEC 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 Angie Harper at 1-800-548-5563 and she will be happy to help!

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

Are you ready to go? 

IDEC offers Child Care Start Up grants to kick start your program.  

Contact Missy Brown to learn more.

missybrown@jalc.edu