Statutes and Regulations for Family Child Care Homes

Statutory definition

A “family child care home” which consists of a private family home caring for not more than six children, including the provider’s own children not in school full time, where the children are cared for not less than three or more than twelve hours during a twenty-four-hour period and where care is given on a regular recurring basis except that care may be provided in excess of twelve hours but not more than seventy-two consecutive hours to accommodate a need for extended care or intermittent short-term overnight care. During the regular school year, a maximum of three additional children who are in school full time, including the provider’s own children, shall be permitted, except that if the provider has more than three children who are in school full time, all of the provider’s children shall be permitted.

Current statutes and regulations 

Statutes and Regulations for Family Child Care Homes. Review the current requirements for family child care homes in Connecticut.

• Read the current statutes and regulations (English) [67 pages]
  • (Spanish) [41 pages]

Recent CT legislation affecting licensing

Public Acts Recently Enacted (2024). Get a summary of public acts passed during the 2024 legislative session that affect OEC.

• Read the summary (English) [2 pages]
  • (Spanish) [2 pages]

Archive

Regulations

• Regulations for Family Child Care Homes – effective March 19, 2021 [39 pages]
  Note: Language being deleted from the regulations is in [brackets] and language being added to the regulations is underlined.
• Notice Sent to Providers of Revisions to Family Child Care Home Regulations (English) [1 page]
  • (Spanish) [1 page]
• Summary of Changes to the Regulations for Family Child Care Homes (English) [5 pages]
  • (Spanish) [5 pages]
• Video presentation outlining changes to the Family Child Care Home Regulations (English) 
  • (Spanish)

Draft regulations

Public acts

Public Act 21-6 “Act Concerning Immunizations” (2021). Read OEC guidance about the implications of this act, which affects religious exemptions to vaccines.

• Read the Act Concerning Immunizations summary (English) [5 pages]
• (Spanish) [5 pages]

Public Acts Recently Enacted

Get a summaries of public acts passed during each legislative session that affect OEC.