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, administers the state’s Child Care Credentialing System, and issues contracts and grants to child care providers to improve the quality of early care.

If you would like information about OCC's:

·       Licensing Branch, click HERE

·       Child Care Subsidy Branch, click HERE

·       Credentialing Branch, click HERE

·       Program Development Branch, which administers the Child Care Quality Incentive Grant and the Family Day Care Provider Grant Program, click HERE

NEW!  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.  

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.