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In-Home Daycares in Arkansas

An in-home daycare is a licensed family child care home: the provider looks after a small group of children in their own home.

in-home daycares listed
188
towns
98
towns have their own in-home daycares page
17
of all Arkansas daycares
8%

Map of Arkansas: each dot is a town with in-home daycares, sized by how many are listed

In-home daycare
What puts a daycare on this listThe state license record lists it as a family or group child care home (family child care), where the provider cares for a small group in their own home. Where no state license record is available, its business listing names it a family day care.Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

In-home daycare

What in-home daycare looks like in Arkansas

The typical licensed capacity of a Arkansas in-home daycare
10 children
The median capacity on 184 Arkansas home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.

Arkansas

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Arkansas

Bentonville9 in-home daycaresLittle Rock9 in-home daycaresSiloam Springs8 in-home daycaresConway7 in-home daycaresFayetteville7 in-home daycaresJonesboro7 in-home daycaresRogers6 in-home daycaresBerryville4 in-home daycaresCamden4 in-home daycaresHarrison4 in-home daycaresNorth Little Rock4 in-home daycaresDe Queen3 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Arkansas

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
All daycares2,215
Take infants963
Child care centers2,027
Accept subsidy890
In-home daycares188
Christian & church daycares185
Montessori schools38
Preschools & pre-K1,478
Night daycare32
Early morning daycare460
Weekend daycare39
Part-time daycare48
Drop-in daycare13
After-school care617
Bilingual daycare13
Head Start236

The Arkansas state record

Arkansas Office of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Arkansas.

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 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Arkansas state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Arkansas

  1. 1

    Ask who else is in the home

    Ask who lives in the home and who helps with the children. Many states require background checks for adults living in a licensed home.

  2. 2

    Ask about backup care

    With one provider, a sick day or vacation closes the daycare. Ask how many days a year they close and what families do then.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask how many children come each day and their ages. A home daycare often mixes babies and school-age children in one group.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open the daycare's page here to see its license type, capacity and the state's inspection record, where we hold them.

Arkansas

Cost, inspections and ratios in Arkansas

What Arkansas inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in ArkansasHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for ArkansasQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 98 Arkansas towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A4 towns
B8 towns
C7 towns
D4 towns
E4 towns
F5 towns
G4 towns
H10 towns
J2 towns
L4 towns
M14 towns
N4 towns
O2 towns
P8 towns
R6 towns
S7 towns
T1 town
V2 towns
W2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Texas4,711 in-home daycaresOklahoma1,234 in-home daycaresMissouri568 in-home daycaresTennessee428 in-home daycaresLouisiana2,503 daycaresMississippi1,098 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Arkansas

How many in-home daycares are in Arkansas?

188 in-home daycares are listed in 98 Arkansas towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Arkansas town has the most in-home daycares?

Bentonville, with 9 listed. Next are Little Rock (9) and Siloam Springs (8).

What is the difference between in-home daycare and family child care?

They are the same thing. State licenses call it a family child care home (or a group or large family home when there is an assistant): a provider caring for a small group of children in their own home.

How many children can a home daycare have in Arkansas?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Arkansas home daycare license here is for 10 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Arkansas?

Arkansas Office of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Arkansas. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.