Child Care Finder offers a free referral service to parents living or moving to Wyoming. As Wyoming’s Child Care Resource and Referral Program, Child Care Finder maintains program information for licensed child care centers and licensed family child care homes. The information is maintained and updated regularly by our referral specialists. Referrals are only provided to licensed programs.

You may access information about licensed child care programs in our files in several ways:

1.       Access our online referral services by clicking on the "Begin Child Care Search".

2.       Call our office to speak with a Child Care Finder Referral Specialist. For office locations and hours, click here or call 1-800-578-4017.

3.       Email Child Care Finder at sheridanccf@wyoming.com.  A Child Care Finder Referral Specialist will review your request and contact you. To help us best meet your needs, please enter “Child Care Referrals” in the subject line and provide us with your address and/or zip code, age of child(ren), and the hours you need the care.

Steps for Selecting Care:
During your child care search, interview several providers and keep these five simple ideas in mind: Listen, Count, Look Around, Ask Questions and Be Informed.

Visit this link to see the Basic Licensing Requirements for early childhood progrms.