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some child care info ...

Kentucky targets eligible children who:

Have special needs;
Receive, or need to receive, protective or preventive services;
Are children of teen parents;
Are children of parents who participate in the federally mandated welfare reform program (K-TAP); and
Are children of low-income parents who work and/or attend an education or training program leading to self-sufficiency.
Eligibility Guidelines
To the extent funding is available, maintain gross income eligibility at 150 percent of the federal poverty level for initial application and 165 percent of the federal poverty level at the time of redetermination or for families transitioning from KTAP;

Income Eligibility by Family Size Table

To promote parental responsibility, families with an income above $900 a month may be accessed co-payments. (The number of family members does not change the amount of the co-payment.)

Families that receive child care subsidies are responsible for paying the co-payment directly to the child care provider.

Quality and Accessibility
Incentives that are added to the daily rate for providers that are accredited ($2 a day), that operate nontraditional hours ($1 a day), or that serve children with special needs ($1 per child per day).


Market Rate Survey
A market survey of child care is conducted every two years. The most recent market rate survey was completed in 2005 and submitted with the CCDF State Plan. The results show that a family in Central Kentucky can expect to pay $24 a day for a child under two years of age or $21 a day for a preschool child attending a licensed center
The goal of this program is to provide access to quality child care that allows parents to work, attend education and training programs and/or to participate in the Kentucky Temporary Assistance Program (K-TAP).

Child care subsidies are also available for child protective services. Child care services through the CCAP are purchased from licensed, certified and registered providers.

The division contracts with five service agents to administer the program. For contact information click on the appropriate service area:

Audubon Area Community Services