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 |
Important 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
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