Day Care Services
Finding a Day Care Provider
Becoming a Day Care Provider
Other Helpful Information
Need More Info?
Finding a Day Care Provider
Use our Online Day Care Search to find day care providers in your area.
The child care resource and referral service can assist you in locating day care openings. Please call them at 866.511.2244 or visit their website at: www.mnchildcare.org . You can also use the DHS Licensing Information Search provided by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
Contact one of Stearns County's day care licensors to see if there are any substantiated complaints on the provider you are considering.
Becoming a Day Care Provider
Becoming a licensed day care provider involves several steps and filling out a number of forms. Initially, you must attend a day care orientation meeting within one year prior to your application for a day care license. Approximately six day care orientation meetings are held each year. The purpose of the orientation meeting is to introduce you to the general Minnesota rules and policies which govern licensing.
Meetings will be held in Room 121 at the Stearns County Service Center (3301 County Road 138, near Mills Fleet Farm - see a map of the Service Center location).
Register online for an orientation meeting
Orientation Outline
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.
Resource Fair
1:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Introduction
PowerPoint Presentation
Review of Packets
Questions
Day care licensing rules are defined by the Minnesota Department of Human Services for the state of Minnesota. For more information about the rules regarding day care, see the Day Care Rule, Chapter 9502 of Minnesota Statutes, Session Laws and Rules at www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/9502/ or retrieve the entire Human Services Licensing Act by visiting www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=245A
Information on Safe Sleep Site
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-play/Pages/A-Child-Care-Provider's-Guide-to-Safe-Sleep.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/news/Pages/A-Safe-Sleep-for-Babies.aspx
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/Safe_Sleep_2009_Eng.pdf
Other Helpful Information
Shaken Baby Video (Yearly viewing required for licensed providers)
Day Care Newsletters (published quarterly)
Sign up to receive Daycare Newsletter email updates
For useful information for current child care providers and parents, visit:
Need More Info?
You can contact us in a variety of ways:
Drop-In:
Our offices are in downtown St. Cloud, in the Stearns County Administration Center
E-mail:
Contact our staff at hslicensing@co.stearns.mn.us .
USPS mail:
Our address is 705 Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 1107, St. Cloud, MN 56302.
Telephone:
| Glenda Schulte | 320.656.6044 |
| Susan Welle | 320.656.6247 |
| Jackie Eiynck | 320.656.6187 |
| Ellen Kampa-Evans | 320.656.6118 |
| Kim Hunt | 320.656.6458 |
| Chris Schwinghammer | 320.656.6116 |