Child care licensing
A discussion of why licensing requirements for child care providers should be improved in order to increase the quality of care.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child Care Licensing Study, 2008 [United States]
The purpose of the 2008 Child Care Licensing Study is to report two aspects of child care licensing from 2008 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia: (1) state child care licensing programs and policies and (2) child care center and family child care home licensing regulations. It focuses on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations.
Data Sets
Child Care Licensing Study, 2011 [United States]
The purpose of the 2011 Child Care Licensing Study is to report two aspects of child care licensing from 2008 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (not including Idaho): (1) state child care licensing programs and policies and (2) child care center and family child care home licensing regulations. The study focuses on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations.
Data Sets
Family child care: What's in a name?
A discussion of issues created by the state-to-state variations in the definition of family child care, with recommendations for solving such definitional problems
Other
Non-licensed forms of child care in homes: Issues and recommendations for state support
An overview of non-licensed forms of child care, such as relative and kith care, care by friends and neighbors, and in-home care, plus recommendations for state support of informal care
Reports & Papers
A primer of child care licensing 1997: Its role in public policy
Other
Promoting early childhood literacy: Highlights of state efforts
Highlights of state efforts to promote early childhood literacy primarily in out-of-home settings
Other
Regulation of child care
A discussion of the state of knowledge of child care regulation in the United States, including the way licensing involves a set of trade-offs to influence desirable outcomes such as child care quality, affordability, and supply
Fact Sheets & Briefs
