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In-Home Daycares in Colorado

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 $187 a week in the middle Colorado county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
1,287
towns
139
towns have their own in-home daycares page
75
of all Colorado daycares
30%

Map of Colorado: 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 Colorado

The typical licensed capacity of a Colorado in-home daycare
9 children
The median capacity on 1,287 Colorado 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 Colorado county (2022)
$187
The median of 62 county medians, from $88 in the lowest county to $328 in the highest.

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

Colorado

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Colorado

Colorado Springs146 in-home daycaresAurora108 in-home daycaresDenver61 in-home daycaresGreeley51 in-home daycaresThornton50 in-home daycaresPueblo47 in-home daycaresFort Collins41 in-home daycaresLittleton40 in-home daycaresArvada35 in-home daycaresParker30 in-home daycaresCentennial28 in-home daycaresGrand Junction27 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Colorado

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 daycares4,335
Take infants777
Child care centers3,048
Accept subsidy2,294
In-home daycares1,287
Christian & church daycares136
Montessori schools114
Preschools & pre-K2,103
Early morning daycare194
After-school care2,237
Head Start156

The Colorado state record

Colorado Department of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Colorado.

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
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Colorado state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Colorado

  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.

Colorado

Cost, inspections and ratios in Colorado

Daycare cost in ColoradoWeekly prices by age and countyStaff-to-child ratios in ColoradoHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 139 Colorado towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A7 towns
B11 towns
C12 towns
D6 towns
E9 towns
F11 towns
G7 towns
H8 towns
I1 town
J1 town
K3 towns
L14 towns
M7 towns
N2 towns
O3 towns
P9 towns
R4 towns
S10 towns
T4 towns
W9 towns
Y1 town
  • Yuma4 in-home daycares

Nearby

Nearby states

Nebraska1,508 in-home daycaresOklahoma1,234 in-home daycaresUtah843 in-home daycaresArizona278 in-home daycaresWyoming143 in-home daycaresKansas43 in-home daycaresNew Mexico709 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Colorado

How many in-home daycares are in Colorado?

1,287 in-home daycares are listed in 139 Colorado towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Colorado town has the most in-home daycares?

Colorado Springs, with 146 listed. Next are Aurora (108) and Denver (61).

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 Colorado?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Colorado home daycare license here is for 9 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Colorado?

Colorado Department of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Colorado. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.