Dakota County licenses in-home family child care on behalf of the state. A family day care may serve up to 10 children, and a group family day care up to 14, under state Rule 9502; licensed homes are a permitted single-family residential use.
To run a family child care caring for children from more than one family in Dakota County, you must be licensed. Dakota County Public Health/Social Services handles the local licensing process, working with the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), which issues the annual license under Minn. Stat. Ch. 142B (formerly 245A) and Minnesota Rules Ch. 9502 (Rule 2). Capacity is capped: family day care may serve no more than 10 children at one time, of which no more than six are under school age; group family day care may serve up to 14. Because Minn. Stat. 462.357, subd. 7 treats a licensed home for 14 or fewer children as a permitted single-family use, cities cannot zone these
Providing family child care without the required license is a violation enforced by the state, and can bring licensing sanctions, correction orders, fines, and orders to stop operating until a license is obtained.
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