Tennessee — statewide
Tennessee Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care and Community Services
In short
Tennessee Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care and Community Services issues 1 permit we publish for Tennessee — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. 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 Agency License | Tennessee Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care and Community Services | $100–$500 one-time application, banded by category and capacity | continuous — there is no renewal cycle | 2026-09-03 |
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 Agency License
Six bands, all charged once: $100 for a family home, $125 for a group home, $200 for a centre under a hundred children, $400 above a hundred, $500 above two hundred and fifty, and $200 for a drop-in centre. The fee model changed on 20 November 2025 — it used to offer annual, biennial and triennial pricing on a license headed Annual, and the rule is now headed Continuous License with the fee schedule applying only to initial applications. Any source describing a Tennessee child care license as annual, or quoting biennial or triennial fees, is out of date. One oddity is reproduced rather than interpreted: the bands read less than 100, more than 100 and more than 250, which leaves exactly 100 and exactly 250 children unaddressed on the face of the rule. The fee is collected late in a ten-step process, after inspections.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee — statewide
- Phone
- (615) 906-0517
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.
- Tennessee Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-04-05 — child care agency licensing, including the application fee schedule effective 20 November 2025Tennessee Department of Human Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Tennessee statewide offices
- Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
- Tennessee Department of Health, Environmental Health Program
- Tennessee Department of Revenue
- Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors
- Tennessee Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners
- Tennessee Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
- Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Division of Regulatory Boards
Tennessee jurisdictions
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