Family Child Care Homes in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is home to 6,517 licensed family child care homes. No quality rating is published for these listings; confirm licensing, hours, ages served, and costs directly with the provider. Browse by city below to find local listings.

Cities with family child care homes in Massachusetts

Lawrence, MA 593 providers Springfield, MA 532 providers Worcester, MA 428 providers Lowell, MA 303 providers Lynn, MA 279 providers Dorchester, MA 270 providers Boston, MA 260 providers Methuen, MA 172 providers Brockton, MA 177 providers Haverhill, MA 162 providers Everett, MA 138 providers Fitchburg, MA 126 providers Hyde Park, MA 120 providers Revere, MA 120 providers Framingham, MA 134 providers Chicopee, MA 108 providers Mattapan, MA 88 providers Malden, MA 106 providers Fall River, MA 114 providers Leominster, MA 86 providers Peabody, MA 91 providers Holyoke, MA 78 providers Roslindale, MA 70 providers Chelsea, MA 61 providers Quincy, MA 92 providers Hyannis, MA 59 providers Roxbury, MA 79 providers Marlborough, MA 71 providers Taunton, MA 66 providers Randolph, MA 60 providers Salem, MA 65 providers Medford, MA 56 providers Pittsfield, MA 60 providers New Bedford, MA 77 providers Woburn, MA 66 providers East Boston, MA 54 providers Jamaica Plain, MA 50 providers Westfield, MA 49 providers Dedham, MA 42 providers Gardner, MA 38 providers Weymouth, MA 50 providers Dracut, MA 48 providers Shrewsbury, MA 36 providers Milford, MA 39 providers Attleboro, MA 45 providers Saugus, MA 32 providers Billerica, MA 38 providers South Lawrence, MA 24 providers Tewksbury, MA 36 providers Southbridge, MA 28 providers Waltham, MA 45 providers West Springfield, MA 36 providers Clinton, MA 26 providers Braintree, MA 47 providers Somerville, MA 64 providers Watertown, MA 42 providers Hudson, MA 28 providers Newton, MA 66 providers Natick, MA 44 providers Stoughton, MA 32 providers Arlington, MA 47 providers Cambridge, MA 108 providers Milton, MA 32 providers Norwood, MA 37 providers Plymouth, MA 45 providers West Yarmouth, MA 22 providers Ashland, MA 26 providers Webster, MA 21 providers Auburn, MA 23 providers Centerville, MA 19 providers Dudley, MA 20 providers Brighton, MA 29 providers Franklin, MA 31 providers Indian Orchard, MA 17 providers North Andover, MA 24 providers Oxford, MA 18 providers Walpole, MA 24 providers Bellingham, MA 20 providers Dorchester Center, MA 22 providers Uxbridge, MA 17 providers Agawam, MA 24 providers Canton, MA 30 providers Chelmsford, MA 25 providers Holbrook, MA 17 providers Ludlow, MA 18 providers Sharon, MA 25 providers South Boston, MA 26 providers Adams, MA 15 providers Beverly, MA 41 providers Dalton, MA 15 providers West Roxbury, MA 30 providers Athol, MA 17 providers Belchertown, MA 18 providers Belmont, MA 36 providers Burlington, MA 32 providers Charlton, MA 16 providers Melrose, MA 22 providers Nantucket, MA 15 providers Stoneham, MA 20 providers Wakefield, MA 22 providers Westford, MA 30 providers Winthrop, MA 17 providers East Falmouth, MA 13 providers Holliston, MA 16 providers Lexington, MA 35 providers North Adams, MA 16 providers Whitman, MA 14 providers Winchendon, MA 11 providers Abington, MA 18 providers East Bridgewater, MA 15 providers East Longmeadow, MA 20 providers East Taunton, MA 9 providers Feeding Hills, MA 10 providers Scituate, MA 16 providers South Hadley, MA 17 providers Swampscott, MA 18 providers West Boylston, MA 13 providers Amherst, MA 20 providers Cheshire, MA 9 providers Gloucester, MA 24 providers Greenfield, MA 15 providers Hanover, MA 17 providers Lunenburg, MA 10 providers Mashpee, MA 12 providers Needham, MA 32 providers North Reading, MA 17 providers Northampton, MA 18 providers Reading, MA 17 providers Tyngsboro, MA 13 providers Westminster, MA 10 providers Acton, MA 19 providers Ashburnham, MA 8 providers Blackstone, MA 9 providers Easthampton, MA 15 providers Forestdale, MA 10 providers Holden, MA 17 providers Hopkinton, MA 18 providers North Attleboro, MA 22 providers North Grafton, MA 9 providers Norton, MA 18 providers Rutland, MA 11 providers South Easton, MA 13 providers Swansea, MA 17 providers Wilmington, MA 13 providers Amesbury, MA 15 providers Andover, MA 34 providers Bridgewater, MA 8 providers Danvers, MA 29 providers Hanson, MA 9 providers Lakeville, MA 10 providers Mansfield, MA 20 providers Marshfield, MA 18 providers Marstons Mills, MA 10 providers Medway, MA 19 providers Millbury, MA 9 providers Millis, MA 9 providers Pepperell, MA 8 providers Raynham, MA 15 providers Rockland, MA 12 providers Shirley, MA 7 providers Somerset, MA 15 providers Spencer, MA 10 providers Upton, MA 9 providers Ware, MA 11 providers Wilbraham, MA 14 providers Avon, MA 8 providers Ayer, MA 7 providers Barnstable, MA 6 providers Brookline, MA 51 providers Charlestown, MA 17 providers Florence, MA 10 providers Foxboro, MA 16 providers Hingham, MA 20 providers Ipswich, MA 12 providers Kingston, MA 13 providers Marblehead, MA 20 providers Middleboro, MA 20 providers Northborough, MA 15 providers Orange, MA 8 providers Palmer, MA 7 providers Salisbury, MA 6 providers Seekonk, MA 16 providers Southampton, MA 7 providers Southwick, MA 7 providers Sturbridge, MA 10 providers Sudbury, MA 27 providers Templeton, MA 7 providers Townsend, MA 7 providers Wellesley, MA 25 providers Westwood, MA 15 providers Whitinsville, MA 13 providers Acushnet, MA 9 providers Baldwinville, MA 5 providers Bradford, MA 9 providers Carver, MA 9 providers Edgartown, MA 5 providers Falmouth, MA 10 providers Granby, MA 7 providers Holland, MA 4 providers Lanesboro, MA 5 providers Littleton, MA 5 providers Longmeadow, MA 12 providers Maynard, MA 9 providers Paxton, MA 8 providers Plympton, MA 5 providers Sandwich, MA 10 providers South Dennis, MA 6 providers Turners Falls, MA 9 providers Vineyard Haven, MA 9 providers West Bridgewater, MA 10 providers Winchester, MA 23 providers Allston, MA 12 providers Barre, MA 6 providers Berkley, MA 4 providers Bourne, MA 6 providers Conway, MA 3 providers Dighton, MA 5 providers Douglas, MA 4 providers Fiskdale, MA 3 providers Georgetown, MA 6 providers Groton, MA 6 providers Hadley, MA 4 providers Hampden, MA 6 providers Harwich, MA 5 providers Hubbardston, MA 5 providers Lancaster, MA 5 providers Lee, MA 5 providers Lincoln, MA 11 providers Merrimac, MA 5 providers Millville, MA 3 providers Newburyport, MA 13 providers Northbridge, MA 4 providers Norwell, MA 15 providers Pembroke, MA 12 providers Plainville, MA 10 providers Rehoboth, MA 5 providers Rowley, MA 7 providers South Yarmouth, MA 5 providers Sterling, MA 8 providers Teaticket, MA 5 providers Wareham, MA 8 providers West Townsend, MA 3 providers Westborough, MA 13 providers Westport, MA 8 providers Yarmouth, MA 3 providers Ashby, MA 3 providers Ashley Falls, MA 2 providers Assonet, MA 4 providers Blandford, MA 2 providers Boxford, MA 7 providers Brewster, MA 6 providers Cherry Valley, MA 4 providers Clarksburg, MA 2 providers Cohasset, MA 7 providers Deerfield, MA 4 providers East Freetown, MA 4 providers East Walpole, MA 6 providers East Wareham, MA 4 providers Erving, MA 2 providers Fairhaven, MA 12 providers Groveland, MA 4 providers Halifax, MA 6 providers Harvard, MA 5 providers Hatfield, MA 2 providers Hinsdale, MA 4 providers Hopedale, MA 3 providers Lawrence, MA 2 providers Leicester, MA 5 providers Leverett, MA 4 providers Mendon, MA 6 providers Monson, MA 3 providers Montague, MA 2 providers Nahant, MA 3 providers North Easton, MA 7 providers Sherborn, MA 4 providers South Attleboro, MA 4 providers South End, MA 2 providers Stow, MA 4 providers Sutton, MA 6 providers Wayland, MA 14 providers West Brookfield, MA 4 providers West Newton, MA 7 providers Wrentham, MA 6 providers Yarmouth Port, MA 2 providers Ashburnham, MA 1 providers Auburndale, MA 4 providers Becket, MA 2 providers Bedford, MA 11 providers Berlin, MA 2 providers Boylston, MA 2 providers Brimfield, MA 1 providers Brookfield, MA 2 providers Byfield, MA 1 providers Cambridge, MA 2 providers Canton, MA 1 providers Charlemont, MA 1 providers Chester, MA 1 providers Chicopee Falls, MA 1 providers Chilmark, MA 1 providers Colrain, MA 1 providers Concord, MA 13 providers Cummington, MA 1 providers Dartmouth, MA 8 providers Dorcester, MA 1 providers Dunstable, MA 2 providers Duxbury, MA 7 providers East Sandwich, MA 4 providers East Weymouth, MA 1 providers Eastham, MA 1 providers Easton, MA 2 providers Everett, MA 1 providers Gill, MA 3 providers Grafton, MA 5 providers Hingham, MA 1 providers Housatonic, MA 1 providers Hull, MA 2 providers Indian Orchard, MA 1 providers Jefferson, MA 3 providers Lynnfield, MA 6 providers Malden, MA 2 providers Mattapoisett, MA 5 providers Medfield, MA 11 providers Methuen, MA 1 providers Middleton, MA 4 providers Newbury, MA 3 providers Newton Highlands, MA 1 providers Norfolk, MA 4 providers North Billerica, MA 5 providers North Brookfield, MA 2 providers North Chelmsford, MA 5 providers North Dartmouth, MA 7 providers North Dighton, MA 2 providers North Oxford, MA 2 providers North Quincy, MA 3 providers Northfield, MA 1 providers Oakham, MA 3 providers Osterville, MA 3 providers Pepperell, MA 1 providers Petersham, MA 3 providers Pittsfield, MA 1 providers Rochester, MA 5 providers Sheffield, MA 3 providers Shelburne Falls, MA 2 providers Shutesbury, MA 1 providers Sixteen Acres, MA 1 providers South Dartmouth, MA 7 providers South Deerfield, MA 4 providers South Hamilton, MA 4 providers South Natick, MA 1 providers South Weymouth, MA 5 providers Southborough, MA 5 providers Springfield, MA 3 providers Sunderland, MA 1 providers Topsfield, MA 5 providers Truro, MA 1 providers Wales, MA 1 providers Wellfleet, MA 2 providers Wendell, MA 1 providers West Barnstable, MA 6 providers West Harwich, MA 2 providers West Tisbury, MA 2 providers West Wareham, MA 1 providers Williamsburg, MA 1 providers Windsor, MA 1 providers

About family child care homes in Massachusetts

Family child care homes are licensed programs run by a caregiver in their own home, usually for a small group of children. State licensing rules cover the number of children allowed, background checks, safety requirements, and training hours, and these settings often care for mixed ages together.

Frequently asked questions

How many family child care homes does Massachusetts have?

This directory covers 6,517 licensed family child care homes in Massachusetts, spread across 364 cities and counties, drawn from state child care licensing registries.

What is the best way to compare family child care homes in Massachusetts?

When comparing family child care homes, ask how many children are in care, which ages are served, how the day is organized, and what happens when the provider is sick or on vacation. Check the licensing record and ask for references. Open the city listings above to reach individual profiles.

Data sources

Sources: State child care licensing registries (9 states), US Child Care Providers (Ryan Koch). Data as of 2026-10-07.

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