Sioux Falls Health Department
132 N. Dakota Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104-6419
Phone: (605) 367- 8760
Fax: (605) 367-7806

Call the Sanford C.H.I.L.D. Services office at 333-0698 to enroll in their First Aid Class and CPR Class to meet the city registration requirements. Enroll in an additional class or check out modules that can be completed in the comfort of your own home and help you market your new business in order to fulfill the annual six hour training requirement.

ECE Training Calendar

You may email sen@sdfcc.org to get a phone number of a provider who will help you through the process.
 

We are reprinting this information from the City of Sioux Falls:

By Sioux Falls Health Department Policy, this ordinance is not intended to restrict the periodic use of baby-sitters caring for the children of one family in Sioux Falls. It is intended to regulate homes in Sioux Falls which are regularly caring for children from multiple families.

Child care givers in Sioux Falls planning to start a new business will need to comply with the requirements before they begin.

As part of the $15.00 application fee, day care providers will be provided educational information and training opportunities to meet the training requirements and a Tuberculosis test at the Sioux River Valley Community Health Center.

If you have more than six children in your child care home in Sioux Falls, there may be conditional use permit zoning requirements. For more information, contact the Sioux Falls Planning Office at 367-8888.

Any home in Sioux Falls where care is being given for 12 or fewer children for any form of compensation is required to register with the Sioux Falls Health Department. Day cares with more than 12 children are regulated by the State of South Dakota Department of Social Services.

Parents should be looking for evidence of registration which is a certificate that  should be in a location readily visible to parents utilizing the home for day care.

Parents with concerns regarding their home  day care may call and register a concern with the Sioux Falls Health Department at 367- 8760.

Registration requires the provider to demonstrate that they have tested negative for tuberculosis, and that they have completed a basic child care course and an infant toddler first aid/CPR certification, and that no adult regularly in the home has their name on the Central Registry for Abuse & Neglect or is required to register as a sex offender.

If you would like to receive a registration packet, contact: