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Daycare, childcare and after-school programs in New Jersey
4,078 childcare centers and after-school programs in our directory. Data updated Nov 6, 2026. Home-based family child care is not listed.
State rules at a glance
Childcare licensing: New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF), Office of Licensing Official agency page
Youth camps: Day and overnight camps. Private day camps and resident (overnight) camps need an annual youth camp certificate of approval from the Department of Health under the Youth Camp Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 26:12-1 et seq.) and N.J.A.C. 8:25. A youth camp serves five or more children under 18 for two or more days in the same week; a day program with only a minimal recreational part and no high…
School-age ratio: 1:15. School-age (6 and up)
Read the full New Jersey rules page · Checked October 2026
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572 cities with listings
A
- Aberdeen 7
- Absecon 6
- Allamuchy 1
- Allendale 3
- Allenhurst 1
- Allentown 4
- Alpha 1
- Alpine 1
- Andover 2
- Annandale 2
- Asbury 1
- Asbury Park 9
- Atco 4
- Atlantic City 8
- Atlantic Highlands 4
- Augusta 1
- Avenel 6
B
- Barnegat 7
- Barrington 3
- Basking Ridge 12
- Bay Head 1
- Bayonne 36
- Bayville 8
- Beachwood 4
- Bedminster 3
- Belford 4
- Belle Mead 1
- Belleville 23
- Bellmawr 5
- Belmar 1
- Belvidere 1
- Bergenfield 15
- Berkeley Heights 8
- Berlin 5
- Bernardsville 3
- Beverly 1
- Blackwood 7
- Blairstown 4
- Blawenburg 1
- Bloomfield 32
- Bloomingdale 4
- Blue Anchor 1
- Bogota 5
- Boonton 4
- Boonton Township 1
- Bordentown 7
- Bound Brook 5
- Branchburg 7
- Branchville 2
- Brant Beach 1
- Brick 15
- Bridgeton 13
- Bridgewater 12
- Bridgewater Township 1
- Brielle 1
- Brigantine 1
- Brooklawn 1
- Brookside 1
- Browns Mills 5
- Budd Lake 6
- Buena Vista 2
- Burlington 7
- Butler 2
C
- Caldwell 4
- Califon 6
- Camden 40
- Camden City 2
- Cape May 6
- Cape May Court House 6
- Cape May Courthouse 1
- Carlstadt 2
- Carneys Point 2
- Carteret 7
- Cedar Grove 7
- Cedar Knolls 5
- Chatham 16
- Cherry Hill 23
- Cherry Hill Township 1
- Chesilhurst 1
- Chester 4
- Chesterfield 2
- Cinnaminson 3
- Clark 4
- Clarksboro 2
- Clayton 3
- Clementon 8
- Cliffside Park 6
- Cliffwood 2
- Clifton 53
- Clinton 3
- Closter 6
- Collingswood 8
- Colonia 10
- Colts Neck 3
- Columbus 2
- Cranbury 5
- Cranford 15
- Cresskill 3
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E
- East Brunswick 14
- East Hanover 6
- East Orange 47
- East Rutherford 5
- East Windsor 8
- Eastampton 1
- Eatontown 7
- Edgewater 5
- Edgewater Park 1
- Edison 47
- Egg Harbor City 1
- Egg Harbor Township 21
- Elizabeth 44
- Elmer 2
- Elmwood Park 3
- Elwood 1
- Emerson 5
- Englewood 13
- Englewood Cliffs 3
- Englishtown 4
- Erial 4
- Essex Fells 2
- Evesham 3
- Ewing 11
- Ewing Township 4
F
- Fair Haven 3
- Fair Lawn 17
- Fairfield 5
- Fairfield Township 1
- Fairview 1
- Fanwood 4
- Farmingdale 4
- Flanders 6
- Flemington 15
- Florence 1
- Florham Park 11
- Folsom 1
- Fords 4
- Forked River 7
- Fort Lee 14
- Frankford 1
- Franklin 1
- Franklin Lakes 6
- Franklin Park 3
- Franklin Township 1
- Franklinville 3
- Freehold 24
- Frenchtown 2
G
- Galloway 11
- Garfield 19
- Garwood 2
- Gibbsboro 4
- Gibbstown 3
- Gillette 1
- Gladstone 1
- Glassboro 9
- Glen Gardner 1
- Glen Ridge 6
- Glen Rock 3
- Glendora 1
- Gloucester City 3
- Gloucester Township 2
- Great Meadows 1
- Green Brook 2
- Greendell 1
- Groveville 1
- Guttenberg 10
H
- Hackensack 17
- Hackettstown 11
- Haddon Heights 4
- Haddon Township 1
- Haddonfield 10
- Hainesport 4
- Haledon 3
- Hamburg 4
- Hamilton 31
- Hamilton Square 3
- Hamilton Township 9
- Hammonton 4
- Hampton 2
- Hanover Township 1
- Hardyston 1
- Harrington Park 2
- Harrison 10
- Harrisonville 1
- Hasbrouck Hts 1
- Haskell 2
- Haworth 1
- Hawthorne 8
- Hazlet 10
- Hewitt 2
- High Bridge 1
- Highland Lakes 1
- Highland Park 7
- Highlands 1
- Hightstown 2
- Hillsborough 25
- Hillsdale 4
- Hillside 11
- Hoboken 46
- Hohokus 2
- Holmdel 7
- Hopatcong 4
- Hope 1
- Hopewell 2
- Howell 11
- Howell Township 4
I
- Irvington 44
- Iselin 11
- Island Heights 2
J
K
- Keansburg 2
- Kearny 22
- Kendall Park 6
- Kenilworth 2
- Kenvil 1
- Keyport 4
- Kinnelon 5
L
- Lafayette 1
- Lake Hopatcong 4
- Lakewood 38
- Lambertville 5
- Landing 2
- Landisville 1
- Lanoka Harbor 5
- Laurel Spring 1
- Laurel Springs 2
- Laurence Harbor 1
- Lavallette 1
- Lawnside 1
- Lawrence 1
- Lawrence Township 1
- Lawrenceville 19
- Lebanon 8
- Ledgewood 1
- Leonardo 3
- Leonia 4
- Liberty Corner 1
- Lincoln Park 4
- Lincroft 4
- Linden 15
- Lindenwold 7
- Linwood 3
- Little Egg Harbor 3
- Little Falls 5
- Little Ferry 3
- Little Silver 2
- Livingston 19
- Lodi 9
- Logan Township 4
- Long Branch 9
- Long Valley 6
- Lopatcong 4
- Lumberton 6
- Lyndhurst 14
M
- Madison 9
- Magnolia 2
- Mahwah 11
- Manahawkin 7
- Manalapan 12
- Manasquan 4
- Manchester 5
- Mantua 1
- Manville 5
- Maple Shade 4
- Maplewood 20
- Margate 2
- Marlboro 10
- Marlboro Township 1
- Marlton 15
- Marmora 3
- Martinsville 1
- Matawan 9
- Mays Landing 7
- Maywood 2
- Mcafee 1
- Medford 16
- Medford Lakes 1
- Mendham 4
- Menlo Park Terrace 1
- Mercerville 1
- Merchantville 2
- Metuchen 16
- Middlesex 9
- Middletown 8
- Middletown Township 5
- Midland Park 2
- Milford 2
- Millburn 10
- Millington 1
- Millstone Township 2
- Milltown 3
- Millville 18
- Mine Hill 2
- Minotola 1
- Monmouth Beach 1
- Monmouth Junction 7
- Monroe 2
- Monroe Township 1
- Monroeville 1
- Montague 1
- Montclair 25
- Montgomery Twp 1
- Montvale 4
- Montville 4
- Moonachie 1
- Moorestown 7
- Morganville 7
- Morris Plains 5
- Morristown 20
- Mount Holly 3
- Mount Laurel 17
- Mount Olive 1
- Mountain Lakes 6
- Mountainside 5
- Mt Arlington 1
- Mt Ephraim 1
- Mullica Hill 5
N
- National Park 1
- Neptune 12
- Neptune City 1
- Netcong 1
- New Brunswick 32
- New Jersey 1
- New Milford 2
- New Providence 10
- New Vernon 1
- Newark 119
- Newfield 1
- Newfoundland 1
- Newport 1
- Newton 9
- North Arlington 9
- North Bergen 21
- North Branch 1
- North Brunswick 26
- North Caldwell 2
- North Haledon 6
- North Plainfield 10
- Northfield 7
- Northvale 3
- Norwood 5
- Nutley 9
O
- Oak Ridge 6
- Oakhurst 5
- Oakland 10
- Oaklyn 5
- Ocean 2
- Ocean City 3
- Ocean Grove 1
- Ocean Township 1
- Ocean View 1
- Oceanport 1
- Ogdensburg 2
- Old Bridge 21
- Old Tappan 4
- Oradell 3
- Orange 15
P
- Palermo 1
- Palisades Park 13
- Palmyra 1
- Paramus 27
- Park Ridge 3
- Parlin 9
- Parsippany 13
- Parsippany-Troy Hills 1
- Passaic 29
- Paterson 72
- Paulsboro 4
- Pedricktown 1
- Pemberton 2
- Pennington 8
- Penns Grove 2
- Pennsauken 15
- Pennsville 3
- Pequannock 2
- Perth Amboy 22
- Phillipsburg 10
- Pilesgrove 2
- Pine Beach 1
- Pine Brook 1
- Pine Hill 2
- Piscataway 23
- Piscatway 1
- Pitman 6
- Pittstown 1
- Plainfield 30
- Plainsboro 3
- Plainsboro Township 1
- Pleasantville 11
- Pluckemin 1
- Pohatcong 1
- Point Pleasant 5
- Point Pleasant Beach 2
- Point Pleasant Boro 1
- Pompton Lakes 3
- Pompton Plains 6
- Port Elizabeth 1
- Port Monmouth 2
- Port Murray 2
- Port Norris 1
- Port Reading 3
- Princeton 20
- Princeton Junction 3
- Prospect Park 4
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R
- Rahway 18
- Ramsey 6
- Randolph 12
- Raritan 3
- Readington 3
- Red Bank 12
- Ridgefield 3
- Ridgefield Park 7
- Ridgewood 15
- Ringoes 3
- Ringwood 8
- River Edge 6
- River Vale 4
- Riverside 2
- Riverton 2
- Robbinsville 8
- Rochelle Park 1
- Rockaway 10
- Rocky Hill 1
- Roebling 2
- Roosevelt 1
- Roseland 7
- Roselle 8
- Roselle Park 5
- Rosenhayn 1
- Rumson 2
- Runnemede 4
- Rutherford 9
S
- Saddle Brook 7
- Saddle River 1
- Salem 5
- Sayreville 5
- Scotch Plain 1
- Scotch Plains 15
- Seaside Heights 1
- Seaville 1
- Secaucus 6
- Sergeantsville 1
- Sewaren 3
- Sewell 17
- Shamong 3
- Short Hills 6
- Shrewsbury 5
- Sicklerville 17
- Skillman 5
- Smithville 1
- Somerdale 5
- Somers Point 3
- Somerset 26
- Somerville 4
- South Amboy 5
- South Bound Brook 1
- South Hackensack 1
- South Orange 17
- South Plainfield 9
- South River 5
- South Toms River 1
- Southampton 2
- Sparta 11
- Spotswood 5
- Spring Lake 2
- Spring Lake Heights 2
- Springfield 5
- Stafford Township 1
- Stanhope 6
- Stanton 1
- Stewartsville 2
- Stillwater 1
- Stirling 4
- Stockholm 1
- Stratford 5
- Succasunna 5
- Summit 19
- Sussex 2
- Swedesboro 6
T
- Tabernacle 2
- Teaneck 23
- Tenafly 11
- Thorofare 1
- Three Bridges 1
- Tinton Falls 5
- Titusville 2
- Toms River 36
- Totowa 7
- Towaco 4
- Trenton 49
- Tuckerton 2
- Turnersville 8
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W
- Waldwick 8
- Wall 2
- Wall Township 1
- Wallington 3
- Wanamassa 2
- Wanaque 2
- Wantage 2
- Waretown 2
- Warren 13
- Washington 9
- Washington Township 3
- Watchung 2
- Waterford 1
- Wayne 28
- Weehawken 4
- Wenonah 4
- West Berlin 2
- West Caldwell 7
- West Collingswood 1
- West Creek 1
- West Deptford 6
- West Long Branch 2
- West Milford 5
- West New York 27
- West Orange 23
- West Windsor 6
- Westampton 5
- Westfield 29
- Westmont 4
- Westville 5
- Westwood 9
- Weymouth 1
- Wharton 4
- Whippany 7
- Whitehouse Station 2
- Whitesboro 1
- Whiting 1
- Wickatunk 1
- Williamstown 16
- Willingboro 13
- Wood-Ridge 2
- Woodbine 2
- Woodbridge 8
- Woodbury 7
- Woodbury Heights 1
- Woodcliff Lake 3
- Woodland Park 10
- Woodstown 3
- Woolwich 2
- Wrightstown 1
- Wyckoff 13
Y
Sources and licenses
- Child Care Centers of New Jersey (NJDEP GIS layer of NJDCF licensed centers) — New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Office of Licensing (layer by NJDEP). NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement. This page was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed. Monthly list from NJDCF; downloaded October 6, 2026 (checked November 6, 2026). Source data.
Listings are excerpts or adaptations of the source data. State data changes. Confirm the license and program details with the agency before you enroll a child.
We list childcare centers, school-age programs and camps. Some are licensed, registered or license-exempt. We do not list home-based family child care. A listing is not an endorsement; confirm licensing and program details with the state.