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In-Home Daycares in Indiana

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
1,465
towns
144
towns have their own in-home daycares page
84
of all Indiana daycares
49%

Map of Indiana: 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 Indiana

The typical licensed capacity of a Indiana in-home daycare
12 children
The median capacity on 1,465 Indiana home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.

Indiana

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Indiana

Indianapolis304 in-home daycaresSouth Bend116 in-home daycaresFort Wayne115 in-home daycaresTerre Haute76 in-home daycaresGary66 in-home daycaresEvansville59 in-home daycaresHammond47 in-home daycaresMichigan City37 in-home daycaresLafayette33 in-home daycaresNew Albany33 in-home daycaresAnderson21 in-home daycaresBloomington21 in-home 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
All daycares2,967
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

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Indiana

  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.

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 144 Indiana towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A5 towns
B11 towns
C14 towns
D3 towns
E3 towns
F7 towns
G10 towns
H8 towns
I1 town
J1 town
K1 town
L9 towns
M12 towns
N10 towns
O4 towns
P9 towns
R8 towns
S12 towns
T3 towns
V3 towns
W9 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois5,651 in-home daycaresMichigan3,151 in-home daycaresOhio1,796 in-home daycaresKentucky204 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Indiana

How many in-home daycares are in Indiana?

1,465 in-home daycares are listed in 144 Indiana towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Indiana town has the most in-home daycares?

Indianapolis, with 304 listed. Next are South Bend (116) and Fort Wayne (115).

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 Indiana?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Indiana home daycare license here is for 12 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

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.