Hawaii — statewide
Hawaii Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing Program
In short
Hawaii Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing Program issues 1 permit we publish for Hawaii — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Care License | Hawaii Department of Human Services, Child Care Licensing Program | Fee not published — every official application page lists the required forms without stating a dollar amount anywhere | 1 to 2 years, depending on how long the provider has already been licensed | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Child Care License
Hawaii licenses group child care centres and homes as a genuine requirement, and separately registers a smaller family child care home caring for three to six unrelated children under Hawaii Administrative Rules chapters 17-891.1 and 17-891.2. No fee applies: the governing rule's own table of contents runs from Application (§17-891.2-2) through Inspection and issuance of certificate, Fines, and roughly eighty further sections of administration, program and staffing requirements without ever titling or setting a registration fee, and the rule's only use of the word 'fee' is the requirement that a provider's own written policies disclose what it charges parents for care (§17-891.2-11) — a private rate, not a government charge.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii — statewide
- Phone
- (808) 587-5266
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Hawaii Administrative Rules §17-891.1-1 and chapter 17-895 — definitions and general provisions (amendment, effective November 29, 2016)Hawaii Department of Human Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Hawaii Administrative Rules title 17, chapter 891.2 — Registration of Family Child Care Homes, full textHawaii Department of Human Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Hawaii DHS — child care licensing application processHawaii Department of Human Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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