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

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.

Click Here for the Maryland Judiciary Case Search service, which provides free public access to the Maryland District Court and Circuit Court Case Management System.  District Court criminal, civil, and traffic case records and Circuit Court criminal and civil case records are available.  The amount of historical data may vary by jurisdiction.
 

Click Here to download the Office of Child Care's

    new "Playground and Water Safety

    Guidelines" for child care and early education

    programs.