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Infant Daycare in Kentucky

Full-time infant care at a center costs a median of $128 a week in the middle Kentucky county (2022). Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

daycares that take infants listed
1,085
towns
215
towns have their own infant daycare page
87
of all Kentucky daycares
44%

Map of Kentucky: 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 Kentucky: costs and safe-sleep inspections

Infant care at a center, per week, in the middle Kentucky county (2022)
$128
The median of 120 county medians, from $90 in the lowest county to $222 in the highest.
of visited Kentucky infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
44%
464 of the 1,061 Kentucky 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.
Staff-to-child ratios for babies in KentuckyDaycare cost in Kentucky, by age and county

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

Kentucky

Largest towns for infant daycare in Kentucky

Louisville268 take infantsLexington93 take infantsBowling Green30 take infantsPaducah24 take infantsOwensboro20 take infantsFlorence18 take infantsRichmond15 take infantsElizabethtown13 take infantsFrankfort13 take infantsHopkinsville13 take infantsCovington12 take infantsSomerset12 take infants

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 infant care in Kentucky

  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.

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 215 Kentucky towns with infant daycare, A to Z

A7 towns
B19 towns
C22 towns
D6 towns
E11 towns
F12 towns
G8 towns
H16 towns
I2 towns
J4 towns
K1 town
L18 towns
M19 towns
N6 towns
O5 towns
P12 towns
R9 towns
S18 towns
T3 towns
U2 towns
V3 towns
W12 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois7,433 take infantsVirginia2,378 take infantsIndiana1,952 take infantsMissouri1,708 take infantsTennessee1,470 take infantsOhio84 take infantsWest Virginia20 take infants

Questions

Questions about infant daycare in Kentucky

How many daycares that take infants are in Kentucky?

1,085 daycares that take infants are listed in 215 Kentucky towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Which Kentucky town has the most daycares that take infants?

Louisville, with 268 listed. Next are Lexington (93) and Bowling Green (30).

How much does infant daycare cost in Kentucky?

In the middle Kentucky county, full-time infant care at a center cost $128 a week in 2022 (U.S. Department of Labor). Each town page shows its own county.

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, 44% of visited Kentucky 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 Kentucky take?

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

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.