Division of Regulated Child Care

LaShana Harris, Assistant Director

Branch Managers
Ann Marie McCord, Compliance Branch
Sincere' Holmes, Operations Branch

Phone: (502) 564-7962
Fax: (502) 564-9350

The Division of Regulated Child Care is responsible for licensing and investigating complaints against child day care programs, residential child caring facilities and child-placing agencies. The division also is responsible for certifying and investigating complaints against certified family child care homes. 
 
To apply for a license to operate a child day care facility, residential child caring facility, a child-placing agency or a certification for a certified child care home please contact the Division of Regulated Child Care at  (502) 564-7962.

Child day care facilities can be licensed as either Type I facilities or Type II facilities. If care is provided in a dwelling for 13 or more children or in a non-dwelling for four or more children, the facility is a Type I. If care is provided in a dwelling (which is your home) for up to 12 children, the facility is considered a Type II. The fee for initial licensing for both Type I and Type II facilities is $50. The annual license renewal fee is $25. (See Type I and Type II Facilities Chart)

The licensing fee for residential child caring and child-placing facilities is $100 for initial licensing and $50 for the annual renewal.

The certification fee for a certified family child care home is $10.

The regional offices of the Division of Regulated Child Care are responsible for conducting on-site visits of all licensed child care facilities and certified homes in the state to determine compliance with applicable licensing and certification regulations. Complaints concerning these facilities and certified homes are investigated by regional office staff.

To find out how to report a complaint against a licensed child care center or a certified home please follow link to Complaint Information.

To apply for a license to operate a Licensed Day Care Center, Residential Child Caring Facility or Child Placing Agency (see license applications)

Kentucky Administrative Regulations for the
Division Regulated Child Care

The links below contain the regulations for the Child Caring & Child Placing facilities and agencies regulated by the Division of Regulated Child Care:

Child Caring (residential) Child Placing Licensure Regulations

Residential Child Caring Facilities Regulations

Standards

Emergency Shelter

Residential Facilities

Wilderness Camp Program

Levels of Care and Payment

Child Placing Agencies Regulations

Standards

Levels of Care and Payment

Foster/Adoptive Parents Background Checks

Independent Adoptions

Child-Caring/Child-Placing Enforcement Branch (Group Homes, Institutions, Private Foster Care Agencies and Private Adoption Agencies)
Susan S. Hayes, Regional Program Manager                                        275 East Main Street 6E-B
Frankfort, Ky. 40621
Phone: (502) 564-7962 extension 3264
Fax: (502) 564-9350

Licensed Child Care                                                                     Western Enforcement Region
Anna Word, Regional Program Manager
Western State Hospital
2400 Russellville Road
Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240
Phone: (270) 889-6052
Fax: (270) 889-6088 or (270) 889-6089

Licensed Child Care                                                                     Northern Enforcement Region
Jeannette Hood, Regional Program Manager
L&N Building, 10-W
908 W. Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40203
Phone: (502) 595-4079
Fax: (502) 595-5773

Licensed Child Care                                                                     Southern Enforcement Region
Rebecca Jones, Regional Program Manager
116 Commerce Ave.
London, Ky. 40744
Phone: (606) 330-2030
Fax: (606) 330-2056

Licensed Child Care                                                                      Eastern Enforcement Region
Betty J. Short, Regional Program Manager
Veteran's Hospital
P.O. Box 12250
Lexington, Ky. 40582
Phone: (859) 246-2301
Fax: (859) 246-2768

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