Who needs a center based child care program license in Vermont?

Issued by Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.

1 of the 20 kinds of business in Vermont

A license is needed to care for children from more than two families. Request the application through the Bright Futures Information System, complete the two application phases with the zoning, fire safety and health approvals and the floor plan, and clear the background checks for every staff member before the Division issues the license; a provisional license lasts at most one year.

Draft. This row was drafted from the agency’s own page and has not yet been confirmed against it. Confirm it with the agency before you pay anything.

Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business

  1. Set up the business
  2. Register for tax
  3. Approve the space
  4. Get the permits for your kind of business
  5. Alcohol permits
  6. Before the first hire

Issued by Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division.

Sources and dates

33 V.S.A. 3502 (license required); Child Development Division licensing rules for center based child care and preschool programs and license application guides; state permit handbook sheet 57. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

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