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Infant Daycare in Arkansas

Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

daycares that take infants listed
963
towns
207
towns have their own infant daycare page
83
of all Arkansas daycares
43%

Map of Arkansas: each dot is a town with daycares that take infants, sized by how many are listed

Infant care
What puts a daycare on this listThe state record lists infants among the ages it serves, or it says it offers infant care.A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Infant care

Infant care in Arkansas: safe-sleep inspections

of visited Arkansas infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
8.4%
67 of the 800 Arkansas daycares that take infants and had a state visit. A citation means the inspector found a sleep rule not met on that visit, for example how or where babies nap. Each listing shows its own visits.
of infant programs' websites say they provide meals
18%
Of the 391 websites we read for daycares that take infants in Arkansas, 18% say meals are provided, 12% mention a parent app with photos or daily notes, and 1.8% mention cameras parents can watch. A website that does not say so may still offer it; ask.
Staff-to-child ratios for babies in Arkansas

Arkansas

Largest towns for infant daycare in Arkansas

Little Rock94 take infantsBentonville35 take infantsFayetteville35 take infantsJonesboro34 take infantsRogers29 take infantsFort Smith27 take infantsNorth Little Rock27 take infantsPine Bluff25 take infantsConway24 take infantsSpringdale20 take infantsHot Springs19 take infantsRussellville17 take infants

Programs

Programs in Arkansas

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 daycares2,215
Take infants963
Child care centers2,027
Accept subsidy890
In-home daycares188
Christian & church daycares185
Montessori schools38
Preschools & pre-K1,478
Night daycare32
Early morning daycare460
Weekend daycare39
Part-time daycare48
Drop-in daycare13
After-school care617
Bilingual daycare13
Head Start236

The Arkansas state record

Arkansas Office of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Arkansas.

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 Arkansas state records

Before you enroll

Choosing infant care in Arkansas

  1. 1

    Ask about the waitlist

    Infant spots fill first. Ask how long the waitlist is and whether you can join it before your baby is born.

  2. 2

    How many babies each caregiver has

    Ask how many infants one caregiver looks after, and whether the same caregiver is there each day.

  3. 3

    Safe sleep

    Ask where and how babies nap. Where the state publishes inspections, every visit with a sleep rule cited is on the listing's state record.

  4. 4

    Feeding and the daily log

    Ask how bottles and breast milk are handled, and how you will hear about feeds, naps and diapers each day.

Arkansas

Cost, inspections and ratios in Arkansas

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

A to Z

All 207 Arkansas towns with infant daycare, A to Z

A10 towns
B18 towns
C16 towns
D9 towns
E7 towns
F8 towns
G10 towns
H17 towns
J6 towns
K1 town
L12 towns
M25 towns
N5 towns
O4 towns
P18 towns
Q1 town
R7 towns
S13 towns
T3 towns
V6 towns
W10 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Texas10,340 take infantsOklahoma2,055 take infantsMissouri1,708 take infantsTennessee1,470 take infantsLouisiana1,452 take infantsMississippi86 take infants

Questions

Questions about infant daycare in Arkansas

How many daycares that take infants are in Arkansas?

963 daycares that take infants are listed in 207 Arkansas towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Which Arkansas town has the most daycares that take infants?

Little Rock, with 94 listed. Next are Bentonville (35) and Fayetteville (35).

What does a safe-sleep citation mean?

It means a state inspector found a sleep rule not met on a visit, for example a baby put down on their side, a crib with blankets or toys, or babies left without a check. Since October 2023, 8.4% of visited Arkansas infant programs had one cited. Open a listing to read its visits, and ask the daycare what it changed.

How young a baby do daycares in Arkansas take?

The Arkansas license list we load does not give a starting age, so ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

Who licenses daycares in Arkansas?

Arkansas Office of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Arkansas. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.