NYS Registered Family Child Care:

• Provides care to children for more than 3 hours per day per child.

• Provides care for up to three to six children not yet school age PLUS 2 school age children. There must be one caregiver for every 2 children under the age of 2.

• Provides care in a residential home.

• Must renew their registration. The first family child care provider renewal is every 2 years, if remaining in compliance; renewal is then every 4 years. 

Information on becoming a family child care provider

• Becoming a Registered Family Child Care Provider

• Frequently Asked Questions of Family and Group Family Providers

• Introduction and Application Classes to Become a Child Care Provider

NYS Office of Children and Family Services

NYS day care policy statements

NYS OCFS Dear Provider letters

NYS OCFS day care forms