Licensed child care centers
Centers licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). DCFS uses the term "day care center." DCFS provides the following definition:

"Day care center" means any child care facility which regularly provides day care for less than 24 hours per day for more than 8 children in a family home or more than 3 children in a facility other than a family home, including senior citizen buildings.

DCFS describes several types of centers that are not included in its definition of day care center. A list of these types is provided in Section 377.2 of document Part 377. FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS EXEMPT FROM LICENSING. (See link below.)

Source: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
Definitions provided in Section 377.2 of document Part 377. FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS EXEMPT FROM LICENSING.
Date: 2006

Note: View definitions of data parameters related to licensed child care centers:

• number of sites
• total licensed capacity across sessions 0-3 years
• total licensed capacity across sessions 3-4 years and 5-K
• total licensed capacity

Note: For additional information on DCFS's definition of day care centers, see DCFS / Day Care and Early Childhood; and Section 2.09, Definition of Day Care Center, in DCFS's Child Care Act Study Guide.

Note: Child care centers serve families and children from 6 weeks old up to 13 years of age.

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