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In-Home Daycares in Arizona

An in-home daycare is a licensed family child care home: the provider looks after a small group of children in their own home. Full-time infant care at a home daycare costs a median of $175 a week in the middle Arizona county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
278
towns
39
towns have their own in-home daycares page
20
of all Arizona daycares
11%

Map of Arizona: 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 Arizona

The typical licensed capacity of a Arizona in-home daycare
10 children
The median capacity on 277 Arizona home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Arizona county (2022)
$175
The median of 15 county medians, from $175 in the lowest county to $210 in the highest.

County prices: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (median full-time weekly price).

Arizona

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Arizona

Tucson93 in-home daycaresPhoenix38 in-home daycaresYuma18 in-home daycaresLaveen12 in-home daycaresMesa12 in-home daycaresBuckeye7 in-home daycaresChandler7 in-home daycaresDouglas7 in-home daycaresMaricopa7 in-home daycaresSan Luis7 in-home daycaresAvondale5 in-home daycaresGilbert5 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Arizona

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 daycares2,529
Take infants293
Child care centers2,251
Accept subsidy124
In-home daycares278
Christian & church daycares202
Montessori schools117
Preschools & pre-K808
Early morning daycare468
Part-time daycare184
Drop-in daycare31
Bilingual daycare41
Head Start283

The Arizona state record

Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Arizona.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Search the Arizona state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Arizona

  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.

Arizona

Cost, inspections and ratios in Arizona

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

A to Z

All 39 Arizona towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A1 town
B2 towns
C3 towns
D1 town
F1 town
G4 towns
K1 town
L2 towns
M3 towns
N2 towns
P3 towns
Q1 town
R1 town
S7 towns
T3 towns
V1 town
  • Vail2 in-home daycares
W2 towns
Y1 town
  • Yuma18 in-home daycares

Nearby

Nearby states

California14,877 in-home daycaresColorado1,287 in-home daycaresUtah843 in-home daycaresNevada156 in-home daycaresNew Mexico709 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Arizona

How many in-home daycares are in Arizona?

278 in-home daycares are listed in 39 Arizona towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Arizona town has the most in-home daycares?

Tucson, with 93 listed. Next are Phoenix (38) and Yuma (18).

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 Arizona?

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

Who licenses daycares in Arizona?

Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Arizona. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.