Home applicants complete the two home-provider orientations and apply through I-LEAD. Use the licensed-home section of the forms directory and its separate child/staff file guides.
Agency: Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) 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
I-LEAD home license application guidance
Explains orientation, online application and onsite inspection steps.
Applies to
Prospective licensed child care home providers
Who completes it
Applicant
Where it goes
Submit application through I-LEAD.
When to use or update
Before opening; follow the home-provider orientation route.
Format and applicability: Public instructions; account required for application.
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.
Several forms.in.gov downloads returned 403, so directory-only items are not labeled mandatory.
The child-file sheet is dated 2023; staff-file guidance is dated August 2026. Check current rules for a disputed deadline.
Separate center-only nutrition and health-program forms were not applied to homes.
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. I-LEAD home license application guidance
2. Home Child File Resource Sheet
3. Home Staff File Resource Sheet
4. Injury Report Child (State Form 54265)
5. Child Care Home Certificate of Residential Structure (State Form 51477)
6. Consent to Release Information (State Form 53323)
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 Indiana 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.
