Providers in Texas are able to operate three types of in-home child care.
Licensed Child-Care Home:
- Provides care and supervision to seven to 12 children 13 or younger (no more than 12 children can be in care at any time, including children related to the caregiver).
- Provides care at least two hours, but less than 24 hours, per day, for three or more days a week.
- Provides care in the primary caregiver's home.
- Must meet minimum standards.
- Receives at least one unannounced inspection per year.
Registered Child-Care Home:
- Provides care and supervision for up to six unrelated children 13 or younger during school hours, and can also provide care and supervision for six additional school-age children after school hours (no more than 12 children can be in care at any time, including children related to the caregiver).
- Provides care at least four hours a day, three or more days a week, for three or more consecutive weeks; or four hours a day for 40 or more days in a 12-month period.
- Provides care in the primary caregiver's home.
- Must meet minimum standards.
- Receives at least one unannounced inspection every one to two years.
Listed Family Home:
- Provides care and supervision for up to three unrelated children.
- Provides care at least four hours a day, three or more days a week, for three or more consecutive weeks; or four hours a day for 40 or more days in a 12-month period.
- Provides care in the primary caregiver's home.
- Must meet minimum standards.
- Is not routinely inspected unless a report is received alleging: child abuse or neglect, an immediate risk of danger to the health or safety of a child, or the caregiver is caring for too many children.
All licensed and registered child-care home providers must obtain 30 clock hours of training each year relevant to the age of the children for whom the home provides care.
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Become a Child Care Home Provider. Texas Health & Human Services Commission. (2022).https://www.hhs.texas.gov/providers/protective-services-providers/child-care-regulation/become-a-child-care-home-provider