DCDEE separates family child care home forms from center forms. Use the FCCH section and the home licensure pathway; many operational forms are explicitly samples.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) 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
Family Child Care Home Application Packet and licensure process
Locate the FCCH application packet, licensing process, and prelicensing workshop.
Applies to
Prospective family child care home operators
Who completes it
Applicant/operator
Where it goes
Follow packet instructions and DCDEE licensing contacts.
When to use or update
Before applying; check the current workshop schedule.
Format and applicability: Public application guidance; complete packet requirements were not individually audited.
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 direct links in the long directory did not resolve through the research browser; those items link to the official FCCH directory and avoid unverified format claims.
Subsidy billing and CACFP claim forms were not reviewed; the feeding plan addresses infant care, not program enrollment.
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. Family Child Care Home Application Packet and licensure process
2. Child's Application for Enrollment — sample
3. Medication Administration Permission and Log
4. Emergency Drill Log — FCCH
5. File Checklist: Additional Caregiver and Substitute
6. Infant Feeding Plan — FCCH
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 North Carolina 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.
