Caring for children for pay in a Champaign County home requires a DCFS license. A licensed day care home serves up to 8 children; the city adds only zoning and building review.
Home child care in Illinois is licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Child Care Act of 1969, not by the city. A licensed day care home may care for up to 8 children, including the provider's own, and a group day care home up to 12, with background checks, staff ratios, and inspection. DCFS licensing, not local approval, decides whether the daycare may operate. In Champaign or Urbana the home must still meet city zoning and building requirements, and in unincorporated Champaign County the county zoning ordinance applies. Caring for three or fewer unrelated children generally falls outside licensing.
Operating a child care home without the required DCFS license violates the Child Care Act of 1969; the Department can move to shut it down, and each day of unlicensed operation may be treated as a separate offense.
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