Types of Non-Licensed or Non-Regulated Child Care

Part-Day Preschools: operate for four hours or less per day serving children between the ages of 0-5 years.  While license-exempt, part-day preschools may voluntarily seek licensure and may pursue national accreditation.  Typically, part-day programs operate on the same calendar year as the public school system, serving families where one parents is not employed full-time.  Faith organizations and community-based non-profit organizations are the primary sponsors of part-day programs.

Summer Day Camps: are generally designed for school-age children and operate during the day for less than four months.  They may be offered by child care centers, colleges, recreation sites, faith-based groups or other sponsoring organizations.  This type of program is exempt from state licensure.

In-Home Caregivers: provide care for children in the child's home.  They may be live-in or live-out nannies, baby-sitters or housekeepers.  North Carolina does not regulate in-home caregivers.

Informal Child Care: is unregulated child care provided by family members or other license-exempt individuals (you may have heard this called "family, friend and neighbor care").

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