The Sullivan County Health Department conducts sanitation inspections of child care facilities. It enforces the laws, regulation and guidelines established by the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Regulation and Licensure, Section for Child Care Regulation.
Family Home
A licensed child care program where care is offered by a licensed child care provider for no more than ten children, not related to the provider
Group Home
A
licensed child care program where care is offered by a licensed child care
provider for no more than 20 children, not related to the caregiver, in a
location separate from the provider’s living quarters.
Center
A
licensed child care program where care is offered by a licensed child care
provider for more than 20 children in a location other than the provider’s
residence.