Small family day care business in VA,How? (license, pay, services)

[weta.kids]

Hello;
I want to start a small family day care business in virginia and my questions are;
1- How can I start this business in my own home?
2- If I strat this business should I have a day care license as I will accept just 4 children ?
3- Should I pay any taxes for this small day care?
4- Where can I attend a first aid class?

[Dport7674]

My cousin in law is looking to start her own daycare outside her home. She found a list of books on Amazon. She also got a lot of info from going to the DHS (Department of Human Services, different states have different names for this, basically I think it's same place to go to for info on food stamps, public assistance.).

Most of the info from DHS was how to get paid by the state to open a daycare in your home. They told her where to go for CPR classes, how/if you have to pay taxes etc.