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Family and group family day care provide services in a setting other than a child care center, usually the <br />provider's residence, for fewer than 24 hours per day. A child care center is a facility where child care is <br />provided for fewer than 24 hours per day in a setting that is not a residence. Child care centers often <br />provide additional services, including preschool and nursery programs, Head Start programs, night care, <br />and drop -in or sick care. <br />Exclusions from licensure <br />There are several day care situations are expressly excluded from licensure. These day care situations <br />include: <br />1. day care provided by a relative; <br />2. day care provided to children from a single family; or, <br />3. day care provided for a cumulative total of less than 30 days in a 12 -month period .m <br />Family or Group Family Day Care <br />Family day care providers offer services in a setting other than a child care center, usually the provider's <br />residence, for fewer than 24 hours per day. The Department of Human Services has delegated licensing of <br />family child care providers to the providers' relative counties. Nevertheless, family day care providers must <br />be licensed pursuant to Minnesota Rule 9502.0315 to 9502.0445. <br />Licensure <br />Any person operating a family day care must obtain a license from the Department of Human Services.121 In <br />order to obtain a license the provider must first fully comply with rules 9502.0315 to 9502.0445, as well as <br />submit an application to the county in which the applicant resides. The applicant must also allow the county <br />or agency access to their home in order to evaluate whether the home complies with all applicable <br />requirements.ul <br />Caregiver Qualifications <br />Caregivers must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and physically able to care for children.111 Caregivers <br />for group family day care services must meet additional requirements. Group caregivers must meet at least <br />one of the following requirements: <br />a. one -year experience as a licensed day care provider; <br />b. six - months experience as a licensed day care provider; and, completion of an accredited day care <br />program; or, thirty hours of child care, health or nutrition training, as well as 520 hours of experience <br />in a teaching environment; or, thirty hours of child development or early childhood education <br />training, as well as 520 hours of experience as a licensed practical or registered nurse; <br />c. certification or licensure pursuant to rule 9502.0355, subpt. 3(C). <br />