New Jersey Regulations
The regulations listed below are current as of November 28, 2011

New Jersey has three different documents regulating health and safety in child care.
Effective Date
Chapter 122 - Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers 8/25/2009
Chapter 126 - Manual of Requirements for Family Child Care Registration 8/25/2009
Municipal Land Use Law Children-Family Day Care Homes 12/29/1993


State Licensing Contact

State of New Jersey Deptartment of Children and Families
Office of Licensing
PO Box 717
Trenton, NJ 08625-0717

Phone: (877) 667-9845 or for the phone number for your area, please go to http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/divisions/licensing/contact.html
Web Page: http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/divisions/licensing/laws.html



Links to other New Jersey State Child Care Contacts
Healthy Child Care America
State Child Care and Development Fund
State Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
State Early Learning Guidelines:
Preschool Teaching & Learning Standards (2009)
Preschool Program Implementation Guidelines (2010)