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In-Home Daycares in Nebraska

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 $108 a week in the middle Nebraska county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
1,508
towns
238
towns have their own in-home daycares page
103
of all Nebraska daycares
57%

Map of Nebraska: 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 Nebraska

The typical licensed capacity of a Nebraska in-home daycare
10 children
The median capacity on 1,507 Nebraska home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
612
Nebraska licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (895 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (612), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Nebraska county (2022)
$108
The median of 93 county medians, from $108 in the lowest county to $150 in the highest.

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

Nebraska

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Nebraska

Omaha330 in-home daycaresLincoln172 in-home daycaresKearney56 in-home daycaresGrand Island53 in-home daycaresNorfolk34 in-home daycaresColumbus31 in-home daycaresBellevue24 in-home daycaresBeatrice22 in-home daycaresBennington17 in-home daycaresHastings17 in-home daycaresGretna15 in-home daycaresPapillion15 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Nebraska

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 daycares2,629
Take infants2,112
Child care centers1,121
Accept subsidy1,559
In-home daycares1,508
Christian & church daycares112
Montessori schools37
Preschools & pre-K2,421
24-hour daycare306
Night daycare664
Early morning daycare1,669
Weekend daycare544
Part-time daycare73
Drop-in daycare27
After-school care2,614
Head Start44

The Nebraska state record

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Services Licensing licenses daycares in Nebraska.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Nebraska state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Nebraska

  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.

Nebraska

Cost, inspections and ratios in Nebraska

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

A to Z

All 238 Nebraska towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A14 towns
B23 towns
C25 towns
D11 towns
E9 towns
F10 towns
G12 towns
H11 towns
I1 town
J1 town
K3 towns
L12 towns
M10 towns
N7 towns
O13 towns
P15 towns
R8 towns
S24 towns
T5 towns
U2 towns
V4 towns
W17 towns
Y1 town
  • York9 in-home daycares

Nearby

Nearby states

Iowa1,644 in-home daycaresColorado1,287 in-home daycaresMissouri568 in-home daycaresSouth Dakota277 in-home daycaresWyoming143 in-home daycaresKansas43 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Nebraska

How many in-home daycares are in Nebraska?

1,508 in-home daycares are listed in 238 Nebraska towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Nebraska town has the most in-home daycares?

Omaha, with 330 listed. Next are Lincoln (172) and Kearney (56).

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 Nebraska?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Nebraska home daycare license here is for 10 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Nebraska?

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Services Licensing licenses daycares in Nebraska. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.