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Daycares in Indiana

Child care centers and home daycares in Indiana, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
2,967
towns
247
take infants
1,952
accept subsidy
2,591

Map of Indiana: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

Indiana

Largest towns in Indiana

Indianapolis647 daycaresFort Wayne178 daycaresSouth Bend165 daycaresEvansville117 daycaresGary108 daycaresTerre Haute93 daycaresHammond60 daycaresLafayette59 daycaresNew Albany49 daycaresFishers45 daycaresMichigan City44 daycaresBloomington42 daycares

Programs

Programs in Indiana

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
Take infants1,952
Child care centers1,502
Accept subsidy2,591
In-home daycares1,465
Christian & church daycares268
Montessori schools26
Preschools & pre-K2,461
24-hour daycare287
Night daycare510
Early morning daycare1,724
Weekend daycare229
Part-time daycare119
Drop-in daycare14
After-school care2,024
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start163

The Indiana state record

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Indiana state records

Indiana

Cost, inspections and ratios in Indiana

Daycare cost in IndianaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Indiana inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in IndianaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for IndianaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 247 Indiana towns, A to Z

A12 towns
B18 towns
C25 towns
D6 towns
E6 towns
F13 towns
G14 towns
H13 towns
I3 towns
J2 towns
K4 towns
L20 towns
M23 towns
N16 towns
O6 towns
P10 towns
R11 towns
S16 towns
T4 towns
U1 town
V4 towns
W18 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Ohio8,684 daycaresIllinois8,493 daycaresMichigan7,685 daycaresKentucky2,445 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Indiana

How many daycares are in Indiana?

2,967 daycares are listed across 247 Indiana towns: 1,502 child care centers and 1,465 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in Indiana?

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many Indiana daycares take infants?

1,952, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many Indiana daycares accept child care subsidies?

2,591 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.