Home Based Business Arizona

I want to start a business providing childcare from my home. Where do i start?

I live in Arizona, want to open a home based day care. Where do I start? What are the laws, what kinds of things do i need to know? I’m also thinking about leasing property to accomodate more children. Any guidance would probably be more than I have now.

You will need to be licensed if you want to care for more than four children in your home; however, you would still want to become a DHS registered provider and go through their basic process even if you are going to care for a small number of children.

If you want to care for up to 10 children in your home, you need to become a certified group home. If you want to provide care out of the home, you need to become licensed for a child care center.

Also, if you are a smoker, new laws in AZ regarding smoking require that you cannot smoke in a home where there is also a licensed day care facility.

You will need to get a business license through the state and city where you are located. You will need insurance. You will also need to develop menus and determine if you need a food handlers license from the County.

There are a lot of pieces to the puzzle if you want to care for a larger number of children. I suggest you go to the library and find books about small business and child care.

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