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Alabama Child Care Services Division Alabama Department of Human Resources P. O. Box 304000 50 North Ripley Street Montgomery, AL 36130 General phone: 334-242-1425 www.dhr.alabama.gov
Alaska Child Care Program Office Division of Public Assistance Alaska Department of Health Suite 902 3601 C Street Anchorage, AK 99503 General phone: 907-269-4500 https://health.alaska.gov/dpa/Pages/ccare/default.aspx
American Samoa Child Care Division American Samoa Department of Human and Social Services 5614 Tafuna Pago Pago, AS 96799 General phone: 684-633-1571 www.americansamoa.gov
Arkansas Office of Early Childhood Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Arkansas Department of Education Slot 140, 700 Main Street Little Rock, AR 72203 General phone: (501) 682-8590 https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/office-of-early-childhood
Colorado Colorado Department of Early Childhood 710 South Ash Street Denver, CO 80246 General phone: 800-799-5876 www.colorado.gov/cdhs
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Child Care and Development Fund Program Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Capitol Hill, Caller Box 10007 1341 Ascension Drive Saipan, MP 96950 General phone: 670-664-2576
Connecticut Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Suite 204 450 Columbus Boulevard Hartford, CT 06103 General phone: n/a www.ct.gov/oec
District of Columbia Division of Early Learning D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education Sixth Floor 1050 First Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 General phone: 202-727-6436 www.osse.dc.gov
Florida Division of Early Learning Florida Department of Education Suite 522 325 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 General phone: 850-717-8550 http://www.floridaearlylearning.com
Georgia Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning East Tower, Suite 754 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.E. Atlanta, GA 30334 General phone: 404-651-7432 http://www.decal.ga.gov/
Guam Division of Children’s Wellness Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services 155 Hesler Place Hagatna, GU 96910 General phone: 671-922-2504 www.dphss.guam.gov
Hawaii Benefit, Employment, and Support Services Division Hawaii Department of Human Services Suite 512 1010 Richards Street Honolulu, HI 96813 General phone: 808-586-5735 www.hawaii.gov/dhs/self-sufficiency/childcare/services
Idaho Idaho Department of Health and Welfare P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720 General phone: 208-334-5656 www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov
Illinois Division of Early Childhood Illinois Department of Human Services Third Floor 401 South Clinton Street Chicago, IL 60607 General phone: 217-785-2559
Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning Division of Family Resources Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Room W-362 402 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 http://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder
Iowa Child Care Bureau Division of Family Well-Being and Protection Iowa Department of Human Services Hoover State Office Building, Fifth Floor 1305 East Walnut Street Des Moines, IA 50319 General phone: 515-281-0429 https://dhs.iowa.gov/
Kansas Economic and Employment Services Division Kansas Department for Children and Families DCF Administration Building, Fourth Floor 555 South Kansas Avenue Topeka, KS 66603 General phone: 785-296-3349 http://www.dcf.ks.gov/pages/default.aspx
Kentucky Division of Child Care Department for Community-Based Services Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Mail Stop 3W-A 275 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40621 General phone: 502-564-3703 https://www.chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dcbs/dcc/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana Office of Early Childhood Louisiana Department of Education P.O. Box 94064 1201 North Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 General phone: 225-342-4147 www.louisianabelieves.com
Maine Office of Child and Family Services Maine Department of Health and Human Services 11 State House Station 2 Anthony Avenue Augusta, ME 04333 General phone: 207-624-7900 http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/
Michigan Child Development and Care Program Office of Great Start Michigan Department of Education 608 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48909 General phone: 517-241-9492 http://www.michigan.gov/mde
Mississippi Division of Early Childhood Care and Development Mississippi Department of Human Services 200 South Lamar Street Jackson, MS 39201 General phone: 601-359-4555 https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/eccd/
Missouri Office of Childhood Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 205 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 General phone: 573-751-6793 https://dese.mo.gov/childhood
Montana Child Care Bureau Early Childhood and Family Support Division Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services P.O. Box 202925 Helena, MT 59620 General phone: 406-444-1788 https://dphhs.mt.gov/ecfsd/childcare/Index
Nebraska Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 95026 Lincoln, NE 68509 General phone: 800-430-3244 http://dhhs.ne.gov
Nevada Child Care and Development Program Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Nevada Department of Health and Human Services 1470 East College Parkway Carson City, NV 89706 General phone: 775-684-0630 https://dwss.nv.gov/
New Hampshire Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration Division of Economic and Housing Stability New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Main Building 129 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 General phone: 603-271-8153 https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dcyf/cdb/
New Jersey Division of Family Development New Jersey Department of Human Services P.O. Box 716 6 Quakerbridge Plaza Trenton, NJ 08625 General phone: 609-588-2163 www.state.nj.us/humanservices
New Mexico New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department General phone: 800-832-1321 https://www.nmececd.org/
New York Division of Child Care Services New York State Office of Children and Family Services South Building, Room 309 52 Washington Street Rensselaer, NY 12144 General phone: 518-474-9454 https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/
North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services 2201 Mail Service Center 333 Six Forks Road Raleigh, NC 27699 General phone: 919-527-6530 https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/
Ohio Bureau of Child Care Policy and Technical Assistance Ohio Department of Job and Family Services 4020 East Fifth Avenue Columbus, OH 43219 General phone: 614-466-1213 www.jfs.ohio.gov/CDC/childcare.stm
Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Human Services P.O. Box 25352 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 General phone: 405-521-3561 https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs.html
Oregon Office of Child Care Early Learning Division Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care Suite 350 700 Summer Street, N.E. Salem, OR 97301 General phone: 503-947-1400 https://www.oregon.gov/delc/pages/default.aspx
Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Sixth Floor 333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126 General phone: 717-346-9320 http://www.dhs.pa.gov/
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Administration of Integral Child Care and Development P.O. Box 15091 San Juan, PR 00902 General phone: 787-724-7474 https://childcare.familia.pr.gov/
Rhode Island Licensing and Regulations Office of Child Care Rhode Island Department of Human Services Louis Pasteur Building, Third Floor 57 Howard Avenue Cranston, RI 02920 General phone: n/a http://www.dhs.ri.gov
South Carolina Division of Early Care and Education South Carolina Department of Social Services 1535 Confederate Avenue Columbia, SC 29201 General phone: 803-898-9020 https://www.scchildcare.org/
South Dakota South Dakota Department of Social Services 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501 General phone: 800-227-3020 http://www.dss.sd.gov/childcare
Tennessee Child Care and Community Services Tennessee Department of Human Services James K. Polk Building, 15th Floor 505 Deaderick Street Nashville, TN 37243 General phone: 615-313-4700 https://www.tn.gov/humanservices.html
U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Human Services Suite 1 1303 Hospital Ground St. Thomas, VI 00802 General phone: 340-773-2323 www.dhs.gov.vi
Utah Office of Child Care Utah Department of Workforce Services 140 East 300 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 General phone: 800-622-7390 https://www.jobs.utah.gov
Vermont Child Development Division Department for Children and Families Vermont Agency of Human Services 280 State Drive Waterbury, VT 05671 General phone: 800-649-2642 http://dcf.vermont.gov/cdd
Virginia Virginia Department of Education 25th Floor, P.O. Box 2120 101 North 14th Street Richmond, VA 23219 https://www.childcare.virginia.gov/
Washington Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families P.O. Box 40970 1110 Jefferson Street, S.E. Olympia, WA 98504 General phone: 360-725-4665 www.dcyf.wa.gov/
West Virginia Division of Early Care and Education Bureau for Children and Families West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Room B-18 350 Capitol Street Charleston, WV 25301 General phone: 304-558-7980 http://www.dhhr.wv.gov/bcf/pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin Division of Early Care and Education Wisconsin Department of Children and Families P.O. Box 8916 Madison, WI 53708 General phone: 608-422-6002 https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/childcare
Wyoming Early Childhood Division Wyoming Department of Family Services Hathaway Building, Third Floor 2300 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 General phone: 307-777-7564 https://dfs.wyo.gov/
