Vermont
Vermont Childcare
State Requirements



Worker Qualifications
Staff: Must be at least 18 years old (17 years old if a vo-tech child care student or graduate) and have a CDA or CCP (Child Care Professional) credential; or an associate degree in early childhood or human/child development; or one year successful experience working with young children and one higher ed. course in early childhood education or human/child development.

Provider /Child Ratio
Age Range Ratios for Center-based Care in Vermont State
Infants (1:4)
Toddlers (1:5)
Preschool (1:10)
Schoolage (1:13)
Mixed age group lowest ratio
Age Range Ratios for Family Child Care in Vermont State
Infants (1:2)
includes provider's children under 2 years of age
All ages (1:6)
plus additional 4 school age children for not more than 4 hours per day on a before and/or after school basis, not including provider's children over 2 years of age

Contact Information
Child Care Licensing Agency
Vermont Department Children and Families
Child Development Division
103 South Main Street, A Building
Waterbury, VT 05671-5500
Phone: (802) 241-6941
Toll Free: (800) 649-2642 (within State)
Fax: (802) 241-4676
Vermont Daycare Listings

Child Care Subsidy Agency
Vermont Department for Children and Families
Child Development Division
CDD, 2 North
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-2901
Phone: (802) 241-4690
Fax: (802) 241-1220

Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Agency of Human Services
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT, 05671-0204
Phone: (802) 241-2705
Fax: (802) 241-2979
Child Care Food Program Administrator
State Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2703
Phone: (802) 828-5154
Fax: (802) 828-0573
Child Care Resource and Referral Contact
181 Commerce Street
Williston, VT 05495
Phone: (802) 863-3367, ext. 17
Toll Free: (877) 822-2772
Fax: (802) 863-4202
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Office of Child Support
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont 05671-1901
Phone: (802) 786-3214
Fax: (802) 244-1483
Child Abuse Reporting Hotline
To report suspected child abuse in Vermont, call Social Services at (802) 479-4260 between 7:45 am and 4:40 pm. After hours, call (800) 649-5285.
For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline (staffed 24 hours daily with professional crisis counselors): 1-800-4-A-CHILD or 1-800-2-A-CHILD (T.D.D)
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