Not if you are private. If you are private you can only have 5 children regardless of how many staff you have BUT if you are licensed you are able to have 6 kids or 12 if you team up with another licensed provider (silly rules I know). If you are considering becoming licensed to be able to take on one extra child think it over carefully because that one extra child just covers the agency cost. Yes you have 6 but really your working for free with the 6th child since that whole monthly payment would be used to pay the agency. There's always some kind if catch lol