Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
2110 Permits Required for Child Day Care
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
The following table lists each type of CCR permit required for each child day care operation type. Reference 26 TAC Section 745.37(2).
Type of Permit | Child Day Care Operation Types |
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Listing |
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Registration |
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License |
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Compliance Certificate |
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2110.1 Listed Family Home
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
In a listed family home, the primary caregiver:
- is at least 18 years old; and
- provides care:
- in the caregiver’s own home;
- for compensation per the CCRH Definitions of Terms;
- to children whose ages may range from birth through 13 years;
- at least four hours a day and for:
- three or more days a week, for three or more consecutive weeks; or
- 40 or more days in a 12-month period; and
- to no more than three children who are unrelated to the caregiver; and
- to no more than 12 children total, including children who are related to the caregiver.
2110.2 Registered Child Care Home
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
In a registered child care home, the primary caregiver:
- is at least 21 years old; and
- provides care:
- in the caregiver’s own home;
- to children whose ages may range from birth through 13 years;
- at least four hours a day and for:
- three or more days a week, for three or more consecutive weeks; or
- 40 or more days in a 12-month period; and
- to no more than six children who are unrelated to the caregiver during the school day; and
- to no more than six additional school-age children after school hours.
The primary caregiver in a registered child care home may not care for more than 12 children at the same time, including children related to the caregiver.
2110.3 Licensed Child Care Home
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
In a licensed child care home, the primary caregiver:
- is at least 21 years old; and
- provides care:
- at least two hours, but less than 24 hours per day, for three or more days a week;
- in the caregiver’s own home;
- to children whose ages may range from birth through 13 years; and
- to no more than 12 children total, including the children related to the caregiver.
2110.4 Licensed Child Care Center
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
The operation provides care:
- for seven or more children;
- to children younger than 14;
- for fewer than 24 hours of care per day; and
- in a location other than the permit holder’s home.
A licensed child care center may provide nighttime care with CCR approval. If CCR approves the nighttime care, a center may not allow a child to be in care for more than:
- 16 hours within a 24-hour period daily; or
- three consecutive 24-hour periods with a maximum of six 24-hour periods per month.
2110.5 Before or After-School Program
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
The operation provides care:
- before, after, or before and after the customary school day and during school holidays;
- for at least two hours a day, and three days a week; and
- to children who attend pre-kindergarten through grade six.
2110.6 School-Age Program
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
The operation provides care:
- including supervision and:
- recreation;
- skills instruction; or
- skills training;
- for at least two hours a day and three days a week;
- to children who attend pre-kindergarten through grade six; and
- before or after the customary school day, including:
- school holidays;
- summer period; or
- any other time when school is not in session.
A school-age program is not a licensed child care center.
2110.7 Small Employer-Based Child Care
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
A small employer-based child care operation (SEBCC) employs fewer than 100 full-time employees and provides care:
- for up to 12 children of employees;
- to children younger than 14;
- for fewer than 24-hours of care per day; and
- in the same building where the parents work.
Note: 26 TAC Section 745.37 refers to this type of child care as Employer-Based Child Care.
Reference 26 TAC Chapter 746 Minimum Standards For Child-Care Centers.
2110.8 Temporary Shelter Child Care Program
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
A temporary shelter child care program (TSP) provides care:
- for seven or more children who live at the shelter with a parent while the parent is away;
- to children younger than 14 ;
- for at least four hours a day and three days a week; and
- at a temporary shelter, such as a family violence or homeless shelter.
2120 Permits Required for Residential Child Care
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
The following table lists each type of residential child care operation and the type of CCR permit required. Reference 26 TAC Section 745.37(3).
Residential Child Care Operations | Type of Permit |
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General residential operation | License |
Child-placing agency (CPA) | License |
Foster home | None CCR does not issue a permit to a foster home. A CPA issues a verification to a foster home and monitors the home. |
Adoptive home | None CCR does not issue a permit to an adoptive home. A CPA may approve an adoptive home by completing a home screening and making sure the home meets other requirements, but an adoptive home does not require any type of permit. The CPA monitors an adoptive home before a district courts finalizes the adoption. |
2120.1 General Residential Operation
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
A general residential operation (GRO) provides child care for seven or more children up to 18 for all or part of the 24-hour day. The care may include treatment and other programmatic services.
Residential treatment centers (RTCs) are a type of GRO.
2120.2 Child-Placing Agency
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
A child-placing agency (CPA) is a person other than a child’s parent, an agency, or organization that places or plans for the placement of a child in a foster or adoptive home or other residential care operation.
2120.3 Foster Home
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
A foster home is verified by a CPA to provide care for six or fewer children up to 18 years old in the primary residence of the foster parents.
A foster home verified by a CPA is part of a CPA for CCR regulatory purposes.
Reference HRC Section 42.053
2120.4 Adoptive Home
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
A CPA approves an adoptive home for the purpose of adopting a child.
2130 State-Operated Child Care Operations
Revision 24-2; Effective May 22, 2024
CCR issues a certificate instead of a license to a state-operated child care operation and to an operation run by a state agency. State-operated child care operations are subject to regulation by CCR unless the operation meets exemption criteria in 26 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter C.
Facilities operated by Texas cities, counties, or other municipalities are not state operated.
Examples of state-operated child care operations that CCR certifies include:
- laboratory schools in state universities; and
- child-placing agencies operated by the DFPS Child Protective Services Division.
Certified operations must comply with the statutes, administrative rules, and minimum standards that apply to licensed operations of the same type.
Certain state-operated operations are exempt from regulation by CCR.
References
Governmental Entities that are Exempt from Regulation by CCR, 2320
26 TAC Sections 745.39 and 745.115
HRC Section 42.052
Procedure
CCR staff inform people who want to apply for a certificate to operate a state-operated child care operation that an operation:
- submits documentation to substantiate it is operated by a state agency; and
- must follow the statutes, administrative rules, and minimum standards that apply to licensed operations.
CCR staff process an application for a certificate for a state-operated child care operation per 3200 Processing the Application for a License, Certificate, Compliance Certificate, Registration, or Listing Permit.
CCR staff regulate a certified state-operated child care operation the same way staff regulate a licensed operation.
Reference
Immediate Danger in a State-Operated Facility, 4521