Rhode Island — statewide
Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Child Care Licensing
In short
Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Child Care Licensing issues 1 permit we publish for Rhode Island — 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 | Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Child Care Licensing | $500 for a child daycare centre; a group family daycare home is $250 and a family daycare home is $100 | 1 year for a centre or group family home; 2 years for a family daycare home | 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
Three tiers, priced by scale and each on its own term: a child daycare centre pays $500 for a license valid one year, a group family daycare home $250 on the same one-year cycle, and the smallest category, a family daycare home, pays only $100 but is rewarded with a longer two-year term rather than the annual cycle the two larger categories use. Every fee is stated as non-refundable, and none of the three licenses may be transferred to a different licensee or location.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island — statewide
- Phone
- (401) 462-3009
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.
- Rhode Island General Laws section 42-12.5-5 — child daycare license fees and terms by facility typeRhode Island General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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