Applying for permission to operate a daycare center

If you want to set up or change a daycare center for children, you must observe the legal requirements for operation in advance. This is the only way to obtain an operating license.

Daycare facilities for children are the first educational institutions and take on a great responsibility in the education, care and upbringing of children. The daycare center is of central importance for early childhood education.

When setting up a new childcare facility or making changes to an existing daycare center, you must observe the legal requirements for the operation of daycare centers in advance.

locally responsible youth welfare office

As the provider of the facility, you will receive the application documents for an operating license from the locally responsible youth welfare office. The youth welfare office in whose area the existing or planned child day care facility is located is responsible.

You must submit the application formally. You can obtain application forms from the youth welfare offices. Enclose various attachments with the application (e.g. staff list, concept of the facility).

You can file a complaint with the locally competent administrative court.

In accordance with the Hessian Child and Youth Welfare Code, you as the provider of the facility submit the application for an operating license to the local youth welfare office.

The youth welfare office will advise you on the details of the operating license. It will check the spatial, technical, economic and personnel requirements on site.

The development and definition of spatial criteria in accordance with the purpose and concept of the facility is the responsibility of the local youth welfare organization in consultation with the facility provider. Since 01.01.2014, the staffing requirements and group sizes have been based on the minimum requirements in accordance with the Hessian Child and Youth Welfare Code.

The local youth welfare office sends a copy of your application for an operating license to the State Youth Welfare Office at the Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration for final approval. It will check the completeness of the application in advance and comment on it in accordance with the Hessian Child and Youth Welfare Code.

If the requirements for granting the operating license are met, the final decision is made. The State Youth Welfare Office issues the decision.

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