Care is provided in licensed centers and family child care homes.
2 Parents receiving subsidized care whose incomes exceed a certain threshold are required to pay a family fee or copayment. 3 Fees are assessed on a sliding scale, based on a family s income. The fees are used by child care agencies to provide child care to additional numbers of low income and at-risk children. Fees should be affordable to families at all points of the income eligibility scale. Any new child care fee structure should minimize pressure on families to select poor quality care.