We connect families and their children with quality early childhood opportunites
www.childcareindiana.org
Licensed and Registered Child Care Providers are in Need!

If you are interested in opening a licensed child care center, home or registered ministry, you have come to the right spot! Child care is in demand and if you are interested in opening a child care business, you can help meet this need.

To learn more about opening a child care business, follow these links: licensed child care home business , licensed child care center or registered child care ministry . 

If you would like to open a Licensed Child Care Center or an Unlicensed Registered Ministry you may call 800-511-1144.  You must attend Orientation Training I with our office to be come a Child Care Center, but it is optional for the Unlicensed Registered Ministries.

4C's services offered to child care providers:

  • Orientation, licensing and accreditation assistance
  • Matching families with providers' services
  • Sponsor enrollment in the CACFP*
  • Provide professional development training opportunities and information to continue professional growth and development as a child care or early education professional
  • Maintain a resource lending library of child care information and equipment
  • Provide resources for child care business assistance
  • Assist legally license-exempt providers to meet state mandated minimum standards to receive Child Care Development Funds

If you have any questions about opening a licensed or registered child care program, please contact Tenille Salas or Ruth Doyle at 1-800-524-4533 or (574)289-7815 or via email at Tenille@4csindiana.org or Ruth@4csindiana.org

**Coming soon, specific information on the areas that need child care the most!  Check back in a few weeks!

* The Child and Adult Care Food Program is sponsored by the USDA. This program is open to all eligible, enrolled participants regardless of race, color, sex, age, disability or national origin. Anyone believing that they have been discriminated against should contact the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 20250. More information may be obtained from the Office of Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250