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Louisiana Regulations
The state’s regulatory information listed below is verified as of August 1, 2012

Louisiana has two different documents regulating health and safety in child care.
Effective Date
Child Day Care Center Class A Minimum Standards 7/1/2012
Child Day Care Center Class B Minimum Standards 7/1/2012


Licensing Contact

Department of Social Services
Bureau of Licensing
P.O. Box 3078
Baton Rouge, LA 70821

Phone: (225) 342-9905
Web Page: http://www.dss.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=25&pnid=7&pid=247&catid=0


Links to other Louisiana 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:
Louisiana's Early Learning Guidelines and Program Standards: Birth through Three (2005)
Louisiana Standards for Programs Serving Four-Year-Old Children (2003)