Child Care Licensing

 Child Care Resources

• After School Providers/Vendors (approved list)
• Pinellas County Resources and Referrals - Provided by the Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County. Parents can call 727-400-4411 or visit them online.

Child Safety

• Vehicle Alarm Providers for Centers and Large Homes (approved list)
• Information: Child Restraint Requirements
• Immunization Schedule
• Mosquito-borne diseases
• Information: Influenza (flu)
  
• Information: Enterovirus

Child Care Regulations

• Childrens Center's Licensing and Inspection History
• Childrens Center's Licensing Regulations
• Family Child Care Homes Licensing Regulations
• Live Scan Fingerprinting

It is a first degree misdemeanor for someone to care for children under 13 years old from more than one household away from the child's own home, without being licensed.

DCF Clearinghouse Training

School Readiness Pre-Service Training

Vision: Every child has access to quality child care and education in an environment that values diversity.

Mission: Our mission is to protect and promote the health, safety, and mental development of children cared for in children's centers and family child care homes in Pinellas County.

Aims

• Maintaining Standards
• High Quality Care
• High Performing Workforce
• Integrated Management System
• Collaboration

• Commitment
• Quality
• Integrity

The Pinellas County License Board is funded by the Juvenile Welfare Board, the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, and the Florida Department of Children and Families.