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In-Home Daycares in Idaho

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 $109 a week in the middle Idaho county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
237
towns
52
towns have their own in-home daycares page
15
of all Idaho daycares
26%

Map of Idaho: 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 Idaho

Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Idaho county (2022)
$109
The median of 44 county medians, from $95 in the lowest county to $145 in the highest.

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

Idaho

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Idaho

Boise50 in-home daycaresCaldwell25 in-home daycaresNampa23 in-home daycaresIdaho Falls18 in-home daycaresMeridian15 in-home daycaresPocatello13 in-home daycaresCoeur D'Alene10 in-home daycaresTwin Falls7 in-home daycaresAmmon5 in-home daycaresKuna5 in-home daycaresHayden4 in-home daycaresLewiston4 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Idaho

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 daycares924
Take infants69
Child care centers687
Accept subsidy27
In-home daycares237
Christian & church daycares59
Montessori schools28
Preschools & pre-K192
Early morning daycare124
Part-time daycare48
Drop-in daycare11
Head Start52

The Idaho state record

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare licenses daycares in Idaho.

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 2017
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Idaho state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Idaho

  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.

Idaho

Cost, inspections and ratios in Idaho

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

A to Z

All 52 Idaho towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A2 towns
B5 towns
C3 towns
E2 towns
F2 towns
G2 towns
H3 towns
I2 towns
J1 town
K4 towns
L2 towns
M4 towns
N3 towns
O2 towns
P5 towns
R3 towns
S4 towns
T2 towns
V1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Utah843 in-home daycaresMontana517 in-home daycaresNevada156 in-home daycaresWyoming143 in-home daycaresOregon77 in-home daycaresWashington2,500 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Idaho

How many in-home daycares are in Idaho?

237 in-home daycares are listed in 52 Idaho towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Idaho town has the most in-home daycares?

Boise, with 50 listed. Next are Caldwell (25) and Nampa (23).

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.

Who licenses daycares in Idaho?

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare licenses daycares in Idaho. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.