To use the program, parents submit their needs at the beginning of each month to the family child-care coordinator.
Parents pay a small fee that s collected by and accounted for by the child development center staff.
The money is used to administer the program, she said. The program is limited to two provider s homes that each maintain two 20-hour slots to provide 80 hours of child care each week. Parents can get a maximum of 20 hours in one week. That covers most parents because they don t normally work 70 hours a week, she said. Nor was it designed to meet shift workers' regular child care hours.