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Home-based Child Care Providers
In New York, there are two regulated forms of home-based child care.
- Family day care homes. For more than 3 hours per day, providers care for three to six children. Under some circumstances, family day care homes may care for seven or eight children. Caregivers are limited to two children under age 2 unless they have an assistant.
- Group family day care homes. For more than 3 hours per day, providers care for seven to twelve children. Under some circumstances, a group family day care program may provide care to four additional children. Caregivers are limited to two children under age 2 unless they have an assistant. A group family day care home must have at least one assistant when care is provided to seven or more children when none of the children are school-age, or nine or more children when at least two of the children are school-age.
Regulated Care Compared to Unregulated Care
There are about 17,500 home-base child care providers that are regulated by the Office of Children and Family Services. In contrast, there are 37,765 home-based providers paid for child care services identified through the Census Bureau Economic Survey. Statewide, these sole proprietors earned $658.2 million in 2021 (data released March 2024).