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Georgia Regulations
The state’s regulatory information listed below is verified as of March 13, 2013

Georgia has ten different documents regulating health and safety in child care.
Effective Date
Child Care Learning enters Rule Guidance Manual 6/13/2012
Family Day Care Home Guidance Manual 6/13/2012
Group Day Care Home Rule Guidance Manual 6/13/2012
Rules for Child Care Learning Centers 1/30/2013
Rules and Regulations for Group Day Care Homes 1/1/2012
Rules and Regulations for Family Day Care Homes 1/19/2011
Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of Licensing Requirements 8/16/1993
Exemption Categories 11/19/2008
Criminal History Background Checks, Licenses, Exemptions 2/16/2009

State Licensing Contact

Bright From the Start
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, 754 East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Phone: (404) 656-5957 or (888) 442-7735; please see http://decal.ga.gov/BftS/ContactList.aspx for a list of other relevant phone numbers and http://decal.ga.gov/BftS/ContactList.aspx?programId=3 for a list of regional contacts.
Web Page: http://decal.ga.gov/ChildCareServices/ChildCareServicesMain.aspx


Links to other Georgia State Child Care Contacts
Healthy Child Care America
State Child Care and Development Fund
Child Care and Development fund Tribal Plan for 2012-2013
State Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
State Early Learning Guidelines:
Georgia Early Learning Standards (birth to age 3) (2006)
Georgia's Pre-K Program Content Standards (Revised March 2008)