Winston-Salem, NC Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

(2) Child care. - A program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13 years old, who do not reside where the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours but less than 24 hours per day from persons other than their guardians or full-time custodians, or from persons not related to them by birth, marriage, or adoption. [...] (3) Child care facility. - Includes child care centers, family child care homes, and any other child care arrangement not excluded by G.S. 110-86(2), that provides child care, regardless of the time of day, wherever operated, and whether or not operated for profit. a. A child care center is an arrangement where, at any one time, there are three or more preschool-age children or nine or more school-age children receiving child care. b. A family child care home is a child care arrangement located in an operator occupied private dwelling where, at any one time, more than two children, but less than 11 children, receive child care, provided the arrangement is in accordance with G.S. 110-91(7)b. [...] (6) License. - A permit issued by the Secretary to any child care facility which meets the statutory standards established under this Article.