Department of Human Services | Starting a Child Care Business

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Child Care Centers provide care for six or more children below 13 years of age who attend less than 24 hours a day. Child care centers are required by State law to be licensed. Under the provisions of the Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers (N.J.A.C.10:122) every person or organization caring for six or more children below 13 years of age is required to secure a license from the Office of Licensing in the Department of Children and Families, unless the program is exempt by law. Please refer to 10:122-1.2(d) for a list of these exemptions.

Take these steps to start the licensing process:

• Identify a potential site;


• Contact the construction official of the town or municipality, where the potential site is located, to determine if the property has been zoned to include a child care center;


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