Child Care Licensing Study, United States, 2011

The purpose of the 2011 Child Care Licensing Study is to report two aspects of child care licensing from 2011 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (not including Idaho): (1) state child care licensing programs and policies and (2) child care center and family child care home licensing regulations. The study focuses on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations.
To collect information on states' licensing policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement of licensing regulations, the National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) disseminated the 2011 NARA Child Care Licensing Program Survey to all state child care licensing agencies in May 2012. Responses were received from all states. The survey focused on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations. The data cover the following topical areas:

Number of licensed facilities
Complaint investigations
Licensing staff
Enforcement actions
Types of inspections
Licensing information on the Internet
Frequency of inspections
Licensing fees
Frequency of licensing
Licensing staff requirements
Inspections and monitoring and
Licensing's role in quality initiatives
The child care center licensing regulations used for this study are those that were posted on the National Resources Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC) Web site. The data cover the following areas:

Licensing regulations
Additional staff training requirements
Definition of licensed child care centers
Child-staff ratios and group size
Staff roles and age requirements
Supervision of children
Staff qualifications and ongoing training requirements
Care of children
Facility requirements and
Staff hiring requirements
The same Web site was used to collect licensing regulations covering the above listed topics for small family child care homes and large/group family child care homes. More information on the study is located at the National Association for Regulatory Administration's Web site.

2011年儿童保育许可研究旨在报告2011年美国所有50个州及华盛顿哥伦比亚特区（不含爱达荷州）儿童保育许可的两个方面：（1）各州儿童保育许可项目与政策；（2）儿童保育中心及家庭儿童保育所的许可法规。该研究聚焦于各州在许可项目人员配置、设施监管及许可法规执行方面的流程与政策。

为收集各州许可政策相关信息（包括许可项目人员配置、设施监管及许可法规执行），美国监管管理协会（NARA）于2012年5月向所有州儿童保育许可机构分发了2011年NARA儿童保育许可项目调查。所有州均提交了回复。该调查聚焦于各州在许可项目人员配置、设施监管及许可法规执行方面的流程与政策。数据涵盖以下主题领域：

持许可设施数量、投诉调查、许可工作人员、执法行动、检查类型、互联网上的许可信息、检查频率、许可费用、许可频次、许可工作人员要求、检查与监管，以及许可在质量提升举措中的角色。

本研究使用的儿童保育中心许可法规来自儿童保育健康与安全国家资源中心（NRC）网站发布的内容。数据涵盖以下领域：

许可法规、额外人员培训要求、持许可儿童保育中心的定义、儿童与工作人员比例及班级规模、工作人员职责与年龄要求、儿童监管、工作人员资质与持续培训要求、儿童照料、设施要求及工作人员招聘要求。

上述主题相关的小型家庭儿童保育所及大型/团体家庭儿童保育所许可法规亦通过同一网站收集。有关本研究的更多信息可访问美国监管管理协会官网查询。