The Office of Child Care (OCC) is responsible for licensing and monitoring all child care centers and family child care providers in Maryland. The Office of Child Care (OCC) also administers Maryland's subsidized child care program for working families and administers the state’s Child Care Credentialing System.
If you would like information about OCC's:
· Licensing Branch, click HERE
· Child Care Subsidy Branch, click HERE
· Credentialing Branch, click HERE
NEW! Click here for a 4/26/09 alert and
information sheet for child care providers
about Swine Influenza A (H1N1) from the
Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene.
Click Here to visit the Office of Child Care's new
child care licensing inspection findings site.
This site provides free public access to
findings from routine licensing inspections
conducted since mid-2007. The on-line
inspection database will be updated monthly
to include recently conducted inspections.
NOTE: To make sure the site displays properly,
please set your computer to accept cookies
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Click Here to access the Maryland Sex
Offenders Registry (SOCEM), which is
maintained by the Maryland Department of
Public Safety and Correctional Services. In
addition to providing detailed offender
information, the site carries "amber alerts" for
abducted children and an information/resource
section for parents and educators on
preventing and combating youth gangs.
Click Here for the Maryland Judiciary Case Search service, which provides free public access to the Maryland District Court and Circuit Court Case Management System. District Court criminal, civil, and traffic case records and Circuit Court criminal and civil case records are available. The amount of historical data may vary by jurisdiction.
Click Here to download the Office of Child Care's
new "Playground and Water Safety
Guidelines" for child care and early education
programs.