Child Care Financial Assistance Information

Child Care Financial Assistance is a process by which the Child Care Circuit contracts with the state to make child care accessible to authorized participants of the Department of Transitional Assistance and income eligible parents from the statewide waiting list.

You are eligible to participate in the Child Care Financial Assistance Program if all of the following are met:

1. You are currently licensed or identified as a license exempt program by the Department of Early Education and Care
2. You are participating in the state Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) at a Level 1 or higher
3. You (or a current employee) are not the subject of a substantiated report of abuse/neglect or an EEC licensing litigation
4. You understand and agree to all of the conditions in the Child Care Financial Assistance Agreement. This is the contractual arrangement between a provider and Child Care Circuit to follow EEC provider policies for subsidized care

Below is additional information on becoming a voucher provider and voucher provider policies:

• How To Become a Child Care Financial Assistance Provider-Center-based programs
• How To Become a Child Care Financial Assistance Provider-Family Child Care Educators
• Protocol for Reporting Child Care Financial Assistance Changes
• Child Care Financial Assistance Policy
  • EEC Child Care Financial Assistance Policies
• Friends and Family Orientation Information

Child Care Financial Assistance Billing

• Billing Forms
  • Direct Deposit Form
• Process and Procedures
  • Billing Policies
• CCC Provider Site
  • SharePoint User Agreement
• CCFA Attendance/Billing Website