Title: 
Headings: Child Care Regulations in New Hampshire
Child
 
Care
 
Regulations
 
in
 
New
 
Hampshire
 

Overview
 

Types
 
of
 
care
 
that
 
must
 
be
 
licensed
 

Types
 
of
 
care
 
that
 
may
 
operate
 
without
 
a
 
license
 

Age-group
 
definitions
 

Subsidized
 
child
 
care
 

Whom
 
to
 
contact
 

Department
 
of
 
Health
 
and
 
Human
 
Services
 
Office
 
of
 
Program
 
Support
 
Bureau
 
of
 
Child
 
Care
 
Licensing
 

Child
 
abuse
 
reporting
 

Group
 
child
 
care
 
centers,
 
child
 
care
 
nurseries,
 
and
 
school-age
 
programs
 

Licenses
 

State
 
inspection
 

Staff:child
 
ratios;
 
maximum
 
per
 
room
 

Staff
 
qualifications
 

Director
 

Lead
 
teacher
 

Teacher
 

Associate
 
teacher
 

Child
 
care
 
assistant
 

Substitute
 

Staff
 
training
 

CPR
 
and
 
first
 
aid
 

Staff
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Staff
 
background
 
checks
 

Discipline
 

Parents’
 
rights
 

Health
 
and
 
safety
 
requirements
 

Transportation
 

Child
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Care
 
for
 
sick
 
children
 

Family
 
group
 
child
 
care
 
homes
 

Licenses
 

State
 
inspection
 

Staff:child
 
ratios
 

Maximum
 
group
 
size
 

Staff
 
qualifications
 

Provider
 

Family
 
child
 
care
 
worker
 

Family
 
child
 
care
 
assistant
 

Staff
 
training
 

CPR
 
and
 
first
 
aid
 

Staff
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Staff
 
background
 
checks
 

Discipline
 

Parents’
 
rights
  

Health
 
and
 
safety
 
requirements
 

Child
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Care
 
for
 
sick
 
children
 

Family
 
child
 
care
 
homes
 

Licenses
 

State
 
inspection
 

Staff:child
 
ratios
 

Maximum
 
group
 
size
 

Staff
 
qualifications
 

Provider
 

Family
 
child
 
care
 
worker
 

Family
 
child
 
care
 
assistant
 

Staff
 
training
 

CPR
 
and
 
first
 
aid
 

Staff
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Staff
 
background
 
checks
 

Discipline
 

Parents’
 
rights
 

Health
 
and
 
safety
 
requirements
 

Child
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Care
 
for
 
sick
 
children
 


Content: Age-group
 
definitions
 

 
Infant: child
 
between
 
birth
 
and
 
ambulatory
 
(usually
 
12
 
months
 
old)
 


 
Toddler: child
 
between
 
ambulatory
 
(usually
 
13
 
months
 
old)
 
and
 
toilet
 
trained
 
(usually
 
35
 
months
 
old)
 


 
Preschooler: child
 
3
 
years
 
old
 
and
 
not
 
attending
 
a
 
full-day
 
school
 
program
 


 
School-age: child
 
4
 
years
 
8
 
months
 
old
 
and
 
attending
 
a
 
full-day
 
kindergarten
 

Subsidized
 
child
 
care
 
In
 
New
 
Hampshire,
 
Child
 
Care
 
Assistance
 
assists
 
parents
 
engaged
 
in
 
work,
 
training,
 
or
 
educational
 
activities
 
leading
 
to
 
employment
 
to
 
afford
 
quality
 
care
 
for
 
their
 
children. The
 
Department
 
of
 
Health
 
and
 
Human
 
Services
 
(DHHS)
 
determines
 
eligibility
 
based
 
on
 
rules
 
and
 
policies
 
administered
 
by
 
the
 
Child
 
Development
 
Bureau. Payments
 
to
 
child
 
care
 
providers
 
are
 
coordinated
 
by
 
DHHS
 
in
 
cooperation
 
with
 
the
 
Child
 
Development
 
Bureau. The
 
amount
 
of
 
payment
 
depends
 
on
 
family
 
size
 
and
 
income. The
 
state
 
will
 
either
 
provide
 
this
 
through
 
direct
 
contracts
 
with
 
child
 
care
 
centers
 
or
 
contracting
 
agencies
 
or
 
reimburse
 
parents
 
for
 
child
 
care
 
fees
 
in
 
family
 
group
 
child
 
care
 
homes
 
or
 
licensed
 
or
 
unlicensed
 
family
 
child
 
care
 
homes. Parents
 
must
 
be
 
working
 
full
 
time
 
or
 
be
 
in
 
a
 
full-time
 
training
 
program.