Child Safety Numbers Report
Quality care helps children thrive.
See the latest numbers related to child care in Kansas.
The most important priority of licensed child care providers in Kansas is to ensure the little ones entrusted to them are safe. Many providers care for medically fragile children who need support with acute and chronic illness, trauma, or disability.
CHILDREN IN CARE
December 2021
SERIOUS INJURY*
State Fiscal Year 2021
DEATH IN CHILD CARE*
State Fiscal Year 2021
SUBSTANTIATED CHILD ABUSE*
Federal Fiscal Year 2021
Licensed Child Care Center Capacity
School Age Program, Child Care Center, Head Start Child Care Center, Preschool, School Age Drop-In Program (includes all school age types under school age program)
123,038
29
0
11
DCF Subsidy Children
6,479
25
0
1
Licensed Child Care Center Capacity
Group Day Care Home, Licensed Day Care home
43,719
21
1
5
DCF Subsidy Children
6,479
25
0
1
License-Exempt Center
Child Care Center
Currently No Centers
N/A
N/A
N/A
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*Serious Injury – An injury to a child that requires treatment by a health care professional.
*Death in child care – Any injury or illness which results in the death of a child in care.
*substantiated child abuse – Defined as when a reasonable person weighing the facts and circumstances would conclude it is more likely than not (preponderance of the evidence) the alleged perpetrator’s actions or inactions meet the abuse and/or neglect definition per applicable K.S.A. and K.A.R. and criterion for a substantiated case finding is met.
Last updated: February 15, 2022