How to start a home daycare in Kansas.
Kansas Office of Early Childhood (KOEC) oversees home daycares in Kansas. These are the kinds it allows and the steps, each with the state's own page.
Steps checked on the state's own pages, November 4, 2026.
The kinds of home daycare Kansas allows
Family child care home
Up to 12 children under 16
Children under 10 who are related to you count toward the 12.
Source: Types of Licensed Care
Starting a home daycare in Kansas, step by step
Attend an orientation
Ask your local licensing specialist to schedule your orientation. Do not apply until you attend it.
Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care FacilityCheck your location
Check with your homeowners association or local building codes office that you can open at your site.
Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care FacilitySend your application
Send a complete application, online or on paper.
Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care FacilityClear background checks
Everyone who lives, works or regularly volunteers in your home needs a background check.
Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care FacilityFinish your training
Finish the required training within 30 days of sending your application.
Source: The Process to Become a ProviderGet a temporary permit
Once all background checks are processed, your home may get a temporary permit. Then you may start care.
Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care FacilityPass the first survey
A licensing surveyor schedules the first visit to check that you follow the rules.
Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care Facility
At a glance
- Who oversees home daycares
- Kansas Office of Early Childhood (KOEC), Child Care Licensing. Licenses child care programs of many types, from homes to centers.Source: How to Open a Licensed Child Care Facility
- Second provider
- Needed when children pass the one-provider limitSource: Kansas Laws and Regulations for Licensing Family Child Care Homes (September 2026)
- Provider
- 18 or older, with a high school diploma or the equivalentSource: Types of Licensed Care
- Fire safety
- Your home must be approvedSource: Types of Licensed Care
- Inspections
- At least once every 12 monthsSource: Types of Licensed Care
- Permanent license
- Once you fully meet the rulesSource: How to Open a Licensed Child Care Facility
Good to know
- Running a day care facility for children under 16 needs a license or temporary permit from KOEC.Source: Kansas Laws and Regulations for Licensing Family Child Care Homes (September 2026)
- The license may be for a site other than your own home, such as a commercial building.Source: Types of Licensed Care
- Some small home care is not a family child care home. That is under 35 hours a week, for 4 or fewer unrelated children. No more than 2 may be infants.Source: Kansas Laws and Regulations for Licensing Family Child Care Homes (September 2026)
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Plan your program
- How to start a daycare in Kansas
Opening a child care center: the steps and the agency.
- Kansas licensing guide
Ratios, trainings and the checklist the state asks for.
- Child care grants in Kansas
Grants the state runs for providers.
- Daycare startup costs in Kansas
Revenue, staff pay and rent from your own numbers.
- Daycare business plan
How to write a plan for funding and licensing.
- Tuition calculator
Typical rates by state and age group.
- Ratio calculator
Staff needed for each age group, by state.
Questions, answered
How do I start a home daycare in Kansas?
The first step: Attend an orientation. All 7 steps are on this page, each with the state's own link.
Who oversees home daycares in Kansas?
Kansas Office of Early Childhood (KOEC), Child Care Licensing. Licenses child care programs of many types, from homes to centers.
How many children can a home daycare in Kansas care for?
Family child care home: Up to 12 children under 16.
About this page
Steps checked on the state's own pages, November 4, 2026.
This page is a summary of the state's own pages. It is not legal advice, and rules change.
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