Home daycare in Tuscaloosa is licensed by the Alabama Department of Human Resources, not the city. A family day care home may care for up to six children, and a license is required to care for one or more unrelated children for more than four hours in a 24-hour period.
Operating a daycare from a Tuscaloosa home is regulated chiefly by Alabama state law through the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR), which licenses child care facilities, rather than by a dedicated city ordinance. Under DHR's Minimum Standards for Family Day Care Homes, a 'day care home' is defined as a child care facility which is a family home and which receives not more than six (6) children for care during the day. A license is required for persons providing care for one or more children who are not related to the provider, with or without compensation, away from the child's home, for more than four (4) hours in a 24-hour period. Care must be provided within the family home, not in a separate building, and the home and grounds must be maintained in a clean and safe condition free from apparent hazards. DHR licenses are renewed every two years and the standards address staffing, supervision, health and immunization records, safety, and nutrition. Larger operations are licensed under separate DHR categories (group day care homes and day care centers). Layered on top of state licensing, the City of Tuscaloosa Zoning Ordinance determines where child care uses are allowed and a home-based caregiver should confirm that the use is permitted on the property and whether a city business license applies. Prospective providers should contact DHR's Child Care Licensing office and the city before operating.
Caring for one or more unrelated children for more than four hours a day without a DHR license, exceeding the six-child family-day-care-home capacity, or operating care outside the family home violates Alabama DHR standards; the city can separately enforce zoning and business-license requirements.
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