I am looking for information on the requirments to open an in-home day-care in Crawfordsville, Indiana?

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there is a home-day-care for sale in my area, a friend and I are interested in buying it and starting our own small day-care. We have had a hard time finding out what the requirmnets are in our area.

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    To know the licensing requirements in your state, visit your state’s child care licensing agency

    IN Family & Social Services Administration
    Division of Family and Children
    Bureau of Child Development – Licensing Section
    402 W. Washington Street, Room W-386
    Indianapolis, IN 46204

    For center-based child-care call:
    Phone: 317-232-4469
    For Family Child Care call:
    Phone: 317-232-4521 or 317-234-2100
    Fax: 317-234-1513
    Web site:

    You may also want to read business plans on childcare business to give you ideas on strategies for this business:

    You may want to read the free article “How To Start Your Own Day Care Center” It covers various aspects of starting and running a daycare center including the demand for daycare centers, how to start this business, shoestring strategies, how to operate a daycare center, tips on caring for the children, income potential, how to manage your daycare, marketing your business and other additional income potential. There are so many things to learn about the business that the first step is to read everything you can find.

    For in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:

    - Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care
    - The Daycare Provider’s Workbook
    - Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business
    - So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center :
    Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program

    It is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers:,,id=99878,00.html

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