ARISE handles home applications. DHR also publishes child-file and safety forms inside its home standards.
Agency: Alabama Department of Human Resources, Child Care Services Division Paperwork source review: September 14, 2026
Use your print window to print on paper or save as a PDF. The organizer is a planning aid for your files.
Check the form and your provider type.
An official agency form is issued or listed by the agency; that label alone does not establish mandatory use. A required state form is identified as mandatory in the cited instructions. A required record identifies information you must maintain; its format may be flexible. An optional template is a suggested format. Official instructions / portal links explain the application or record process.
Read “Applies to” and “Format and applicability” for each item. Home, group-home, center, local licensing, food-program, and subsidy requirements can differ.
Application & renewal
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Official instructions / portal
Home license application and attachments
Form DHR-CDC-712
Apply for licensure; gather property, zoning, fire, policy and emergency-plan documents.
Applies to
Family/group day and nighttime homes
Who completes it
Applicant
Where it goes
Upload through ARISE provider portal.
When to use or update
Before initial licensing.
Format and applicability: Public PDF instructions; application is in portal.
Selected official forms and public instructions were reviewed on September 14, 2026. This is a practical starting list, not a complete certification of every record, retention period, local rule, or individual application.
DHR’s live standards link has PROPOSED in its filename although its cover says effective September 13, 2021. Appendix forms are official, but confirm operative text and reporting deadlines with DHR.
CACFP and subsidy billing documents are not covered in this selection.
Use the agency’s current original and revision instructions. Keep confidential child and staff records in your own secure record system.
Use this sheet to check which items apply to your program. A listed item or a checked box does not establish that your program meets licensing requirements.
Program / provider type:
Licensing office / reviewer:
Date checked / rule or packet edition:
Form or instruction
Applies? Yes / No / Ask
Received / completed
Location / next review
1. Home license application and attachments (DHR-CDC-712)
2. Medical examination report (DHR-CDC-737)
3. Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry Clearance (DHR-FCS-1598; DHR-FCS-1598-B)
4. Child’s Preadmission Record (DHR-CDC-739)
5. Authorization for Administering Medication/Medical Procedures (DHR-CDC-1949)
6. Injury/Illness Report (DHR-CDC-1950)
Other local or agency document
Food-program / subsidy documents
Questions and next steps
Ask about required format, signatures, submission, update triggers, and retention. Record the agency’s answer and the person or written source that confirmed it.
Companion to the Alabama source review dated September 14, 2026. Provider Path educational planning sheet.
Use your existing tools alongside these sources.
Keep official licensing records with your program’s business records. Provider Path’s editable agreement, handbook, and daily forms can help organize your work; check the state instructions before choosing a format.
