Rutland County

Daycare and child care in Rutland City, VT

Licensed programs
35
24 centers · 11 home-based
Licensed for infants
23
5 programs reported an opening recently
Reported openings
19
programs, any age, in the last 60 days
Child Care Financial Assistance income limit
$15,813
a month for a family of 4 · How it works

Rutland City has 35 licensed child care programs: 24 centers and 11 home-based programs in Rutland County.

Reported an infant opening in the last 60 days: Alicia Bethel, Donna Doaner, Horizons Early Learning Center, Rutland County Head Start - Meadow Street and 1 more

Room for young children nearby

More spots than most of VT

1.0children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles

About 1,310 children under 5 live in VT within 10 miles of Rutland City (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 1,376, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. VT overall: 1.2. See the 29 programs nearby

All 35 licensed programs in Rutland City

Alicia Bethel

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 29, 2026Infant 1Toddler 1

Anissa DeLauri

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 1, 2026Toddler 2Preschool 2

Ashley Oberg

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 23, 2026School age 2

Audri Cox

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 1, 2026Toddler 1Preschool 1

Cherie Hall

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 22, 2026Toddler 1Preschool 1

Donna Doaner

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 1, 2026Infant 1Toddler 2Preschool 2School age 1

Elizabeth King

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 23, 2026School age 1

Good Shepherd's Little Lambs

Center · 77 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 8, 2026Toddler 3Preschool 3

Horizons Early Learning Center

Center · 66 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 8, 2026Infant 1Toddler 1Preschool 2

Jody Collett

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Reported openings · Sep 1, 2026Preschool 1

Kathleen Allen

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

No openings listed as of Jun 23, 2026, over 60 days ago

Kika Frye-Johnson

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

No openings listed as of Sep 22, 2026

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Last reported openings: infant (1), toddler (2) · Jun 18, 2026, over 60 days ago

Lyndsay Bassalin

Home-based · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

No openings listed as of Sep 1, 2026

Child care near Rutland City

29 more programs within 10 miles, in Rutland Town, West Rutland, Clarendon and 7 other towns. Closest first.

Bright Minds Early Learning Center

Center · Rutland Town · about 1.8 mi · 28 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool

Last reported openings: preschool (2) · Aug 26, 2026, over 60 days ago

Barbie Blanchard

Home-based · Rutland Town · about 1.9 mi · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

Last reported openings: preschool (1), school age (1) · Jul 24, 2026, over 60 days ago

Amber Lafoe

Home-based · West Rutland · about 2.5 mi · 10 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age

No openings listed as of Sep 23, 2026

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Daycare in Rutland City by age

Toddler care in Rutland City

22 programs take toddlers. 12 programs reported toddler openings in the last 60 days.

Preschool in Rutland City

28 programs take preschoolers. 13 programs reported preschool openings in the last 60 days.

Before- and after-school care in Rutland City

25 programs take school-age children. 6 programs reported school-age openings in the last 60 days.

Nearby towns

From the state’s list of child care providers (Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division, on the state’s open data portal), retrieved Oct 29, 2026. The state updates its list once a month. Openings are what each program last reported to the state, on the date shown. Always confirm details with the program. This page’s details last changed Oct 29, 2026. The state’s data is shared under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.