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 and administers the state’s Child Care Credentialing System.

If you would like information about OCC's: 

·       Licensing Branch, click HERE

·       Child Care Subsidy Branch, click HERE

·       Credentialing Branch, click HERE 

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Click Here to visit the Office of Child Care's 
    child care licensing inspection findings site. 
    This site provides free public access to  
    findings from routine licensing inspections
    conducted since mid-2007.  The on-line
    inspection database will be updated monthly
    to include recently conducted inspections. 
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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.