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In 2021, most QIS required center- and home-based programs to be licensed to enroll in the QIS (37 and 36 QIS, respectively). For 21 QIS, licensing is equivalent to the first level for centers; for 20 QIS, licensing is equivalent to the first level for homes. Thirteen QIS have a process in place for license-exempt center-based ECE programs to participate and 6 QIS have a process in place for license-exempt home-based ECE programs.

This table below depicts the number of QIS that consider licensing equivalent to the first level of the QIS, require a license to participate, or have a process for license-exempt programs to participate. 

Note: A total of 44 QIS reported this information for centers and 43 QIS reported this information for home-based ECE programs.