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Registration for Parent Referrals

Are you a newly-licensed provider?

Register to be listed in our parent referral database. Submit to us a copy of your license along with the Provider Intake Form (below) and begin receiving referrals from Child Care Connections.

Provider Intake Form (pdf file)

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Licensing & Regulations

Licensed family child care

A standard license allows a family child care provider to care for 6 full time children, 2 of which may be under the age of 2, and 2 school-aged children before and after school. The provider's own children under the age of 12 are included in these numbers. With advanced training, a family child care provider may be licensed to care for additional infants and toddlers. Family child care providers caring for the children of only one family other than their own are Exempt from licensing.

To Become Licensed, Home Child Care Providers Must:

Check with city or county zoning offices to verify child care is allowed in your area.

Check local covenants to verify child care is approved through your homeowner's association.

Obtain permission from your landlord if renting.

Attend 15 hours of state approved pre-licensing training.

Attend 4 hour Medication Administration training.

Obtain current First Aid/Infant & Child CPR certification.

Complete background checks for themselves and every adult living in the home. Complete finger print cards (in licensing packet) to submit with the licensing application for the background check.

Complete physical examinations for everyone living in the home.

Make final preparations to your child care setting.

Complete a home inspection with the licensing division of the Department of Human Services.

Send Child Care Connections the intake form and copy of your license so you can be added to the referral database.

Rules and regulations

In Colorado it is illegal to care for the children of more than one family at a time without a license. All licensed providers must post their licenses and latest reports of inspection. Centers must also post the maximum capacity and child/staff ratio for each room.

Child Care Centers are expected to maintain the following group sizes and child/adult ratios at all times:

Child's Age Maximum Group Size Child:Staff Ratio

6 weeks-18 months 10 5:1

12-30 months 10 5:1

24-30 months 14 7:1

30-36 months 8:1

3-4 years 10:1

4-5 years 12:1

5 + years (school age) 15:1

Mixed age group 10:1

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Have Openings?

Update Your Provider Profile

Do you have an opening? Do you need to update your provider profile?

Send an email to cccreferralspec1@gmail.com.

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Job Openings

Internal Job Openings

Current Internal Job Openings (pdf file)

External Job Openings

Current External Job Openings (pdf file)
Email us to post a child care job opening. Each job posted costs $25.

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TEACH Scholarships

Receive scholarships to earn early childhood credentials and degrees.

T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education and Compensation Helps) Early Childhood provides college scholarship opportunities for child care professionals. Participants receive scholarships to earn early childhood credentials and degrees. T.E.A.C.H. is a powerful and innovative tool that addresses three of the biggest issues within the child care profession: education, wages and staff turnover. T.E.A.C.H. programs now operate in 20 states around the country.

Learn more about T.E.A.C.H. and download an application

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Upcoming Provider Training

Connecting with Connections

Connecting with Connections (pdf file)

Register for Online CDA Training

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Qualistar Rating

Measuring quality in licensed early learning programs

Qualistar rating measures quality in licensed early learning programs - both home and center-based - that serve children from birth to kindergarten. The rating measures quality in learning environment, training and education, family partnerships, adult-to-child ratios and group size, and accreditation.

For more information about Qualistar Rating, visit Qualistar Early Learning.
For questions about Qualistar Rating, call 303-339-6816

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