Iowa — statewide
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Child Care
In short
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Child Care issues 1 permit we publish for Iowa — 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 Centre License | Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Child Care | $50–$150 banded by licensed capacity | 24 months | 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 Centre License
A regulatory fee scaling in five even steps by capacity — $50 for a centre up to twenty children, rising through $75, $100 and $125 to $150 for anything over a hundred and fifty — charged once at issuance and again at every renewal, on a full 24-month license rather than an annual one. A registered child development home, the smaller in-home category, is a separate license type on the same 24-month cycle; statute permits a fee of up to $150 or $187 depending on category, though the agency's own guidance is widely reported to charge nothing in practice for that category — confirm the current position directly rather than assuming either figure.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa — statewide
- Phone
- (515) 281-0429
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.
- Iowa Department of Health and Human Services — child care centres and preschools licensing standards, revised July 2025Iowa Department of Health and Human Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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