Starting a private day care centre

Our guide ‘Starting or ending private early childhood education operations and changes in operations’ provides valuable information for those planning to start a private day care centre.

The guide includes information on private day care allowance, start-up grants, and applying to become a service provider in the service voucher system. Those interested in becoming a service provider in the service voucher system should also read the service voucher rule book (Palvelusetelisääntökirja) available in Finnish.

After you have read the instructions, please contact vaka.yksityinen@espoo.fi (Finnish-language early childhood education) or dagis@esbo.fi (Swedish-language early childhood education).

Here you can find the starting guide, the service voucher rule book, and the forms for private early childhood education. Some of the materials are only available in Finnish.

Here you can read more about applying to become a service provider in the service voucher system.