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In-Home Daycares in Montana

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 $174 a week in the middle Montana county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
517
towns
100
towns have their own in-home daycares page
38
of all Montana daycares
44%

Map of Montana: 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 Montana

The typical licensed capacity of a Montana in-home daycare
15 children
The median capacity on 504 Montana home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
305
Montana licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (199 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (305), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Montana county (2022)
$174
The median of 56 county medians, from $155 in the lowest county to $200 in the highest.

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

Montana

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Montana

Billings91 in-home daycaresMissoula53 in-home daycaresButte31 in-home daycaresGreat Falls27 in-home daycaresKalispell26 in-home daycaresHelena24 in-home daycaresBozeman22 in-home daycaresHavre16 in-home daycaresMiles City14 in-home daycaresBelgrade12 in-home daycaresPolson9 in-home daycaresAnaconda7 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Montana

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 daycares1,163
Take infants655
Child care centers646
Accept subsidy38
In-home daycares517
Christian & church daycares46
Montessori schools68
Preschools & pre-K881
Early morning daycare72
Part-time daycare40
Drop-in daycare21
After-school care711
Head Start86

The Montana state record

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Montana.

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 2018
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Montana state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Montana

  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.

Montana

Cost, inspections and ratios in Montana

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

A to Z

All 100 Montana towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A3 towns
B10 towns
C12 towns
D5 towns
E4 towns
F5 towns
G7 towns
H7 towns
J2 towns
K1 town
L8 towns
M5 towns
P5 towns
R4 towns
S8 towns
T5 towns
V2 towns
W7 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

South Dakota277 in-home daycaresIdaho237 in-home daycaresWyoming143 in-home daycaresNorth Dakota20 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Montana

How many in-home daycares are in Montana?

517 in-home daycares are listed in 100 Montana towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Montana town has the most in-home daycares?

Billings, with 91 listed. Next are Missoula (53) and Butte (31).

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 Montana?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Montana home daycare license here is for 15 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Montana?

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