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In-Home Daycares in Kentucky

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 $119 a week in the middle Kentucky county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
204
towns
71
towns have their own in-home daycares page
10
of all Kentucky daycares
8%

Map of Kentucky: 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 Kentucky

The typical licensed capacity of a Kentucky in-home daycare
6 children
The median capacity on 200 Kentucky 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 Kentucky county (2022)
$119
The median of 120 county medians, from $79 in the lowest county to $186 in the highest.

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

Kentucky

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Kentucky

Louisville78 in-home daycaresLexington20 in-home daycaresCorbin5 in-home daycaresFlorence5 in-home daycaresFrankfort4 in-home daycaresRadcliff4 in-home daycaresCovington3 in-home daycaresHopkinsville3 in-home daycaresNicholasville3 in-home daycaresShelbyville3 in-home daycaresBerea2 in-home daycaresBowling Green2 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Kentucky

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 daycares2,445
Take infants1,085
Child care centers2,241
Accept subsidy1,644
In-home daycares204
Christian & church daycares225
Montessori schools56
Preschools & pre-K1,682
Early morning daycare393
Part-time daycare88
Drop-in daycare12
After-school care1,309
Bilingual daycare10
Head Start278

The Kentucky state record

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services licenses daycares in Kentucky.

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 Kentucky state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Kentucky

  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.

Kentucky

Cost, inspections and ratios in Kentucky

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

A to Z

All 71 Kentucky towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A2 towns
B7 towns
C7 towns
D1 town
E1 town
F4 towns
G2 towns
H5 towns
I1 town
J1 town
L3 towns
M11 towns
N3 towns
O1 town
P4 towns
R5 towns
S5 towns
V3 towns
W5 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois5,651 in-home daycaresOhio1,796 in-home daycaresVirginia1,528 in-home daycaresIndiana1,465 in-home daycaresWest Virginia701 in-home daycaresMissouri568 in-home daycaresTennessee428 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Kentucky

How many in-home daycares are in Kentucky?

204 in-home daycares are listed in 71 Kentucky towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Kentucky town has the most in-home daycares?

Louisville, with 78 listed. Next are Lexington (20) and Corbin (5).

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 Kentucky?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Kentucky home daycare license here is for 6 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Kentucky?

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services licenses daycares in Kentucky. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.