Friends Family Neighbors (FFN)
A Friends Family Neighbors (FFN) provider is an informal type of care arrangement made between a parent, caregiver and/or a family member - friend or neighbor - to care for young children. FFN providers are required to follow all applicable city, county, and state laws that govern business license requirements, including those stating the maximum number of children one can care for without a child care license (up to 4 children).
Out of School Time (OST)
Out of school time (OST) programs operate 10 hours or more per week on an on going basis serving school age (K-12) children. OST programs provide regularly scheduled, structured and supervised activies where learning opportunities take place outside the typical school day. OST programs may occur before school, after school, weekends, or during seasonal and track breaks.
Out of School Recreation
A recreation program is operated or sponsored by a local government in a facility owned, operated, or leased by that government. These programs provide enrichment activities to school-age children before or after school, during summer or seasonal breaks, or between sessions for children who attend year-round schools.
Family Cares
Family cares are facilities within an individual’s residential home. They are allowed to care for up to six children within their home with a license and a curriculum.
Group Cares
Group cares are facilities within an individual’s residential home. They are allowed to care for up to 12 children within their home and require one additional caregiver and a curriculum.
Accommodations
Accommodations are facilities that have a primary business open to public that provides child care to customers, where customers are required to remain on the premises of said business, for up to three hours.
Centers
Centers are facilities that stand alone and provide all-day curriculum child care.
Institutions
Institutions are facilities that care and house at-risk youth. They provide education, daily sustenance, shelter, and medical/dental care to the children under their supervision.
On-sites
On-sites are facilities that provide care to children of employed individuals of the business only.