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In-Home Daycares in Vermont

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
399
towns
139
towns have their own in-home daycares page
49
of all Vermont daycares
38%

Map of Vermont: 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 Vermont

The typical licensed capacity of a Vermont in-home daycare
10 children
The median capacity on 399 Vermont home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.

Vermont

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Vermont

Bennington16 in-home daycaresDerby16 in-home daycaresSt Albans13 in-home daycaresRutland11 in-home daycaresBarre City10 in-home daycaresBurlington10 in-home daycaresLyndon9 in-home daycaresSpringfield9 in-home daycaresBarre Town8 in-home daycaresFairfax7 in-home daycaresHartford7 in-home daycaresSheldon7 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Vermont

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 daycares1,041
Take infants625
Child care centers642
Accept subsidy33
In-home daycares399
Christian & church daycares13
Montessori schools11
Preschools & pre-K886
Early morning daycare115
Part-time daycare33
After-school care696
Head Start37

The Vermont state record

Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division licenses daycares in Vermont.

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 2008
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Vermont state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Vermont

  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.

Vermont

Cost, inspections and ratios in Vermont

What Vermont inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in VermontHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for VermontQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 139 Vermont towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A3 towns
B18 towns
C14 towns
D4 towns
E4 towns
F7 towns
G5 towns
H8 towns
I1 town
J2 towns
L6 towns
M8 towns
N5 towns
O1 town
P6 towns
R9 towns
S16 towns
T3 towns
V2 towns
W17 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

New York11,811 in-home daycaresMassachusetts5,874 in-home daycaresNew Hampshire11 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Vermont

How many in-home daycares are in Vermont?

399 in-home daycares are listed in 139 Vermont towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Vermont town has the most in-home daycares?

Bennington, with 16 listed. Next are Derby (16) and St Albans (13).

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 Vermont?

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

Who licenses daycares in Vermont?

Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division licenses daycares in Vermont. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.