Some categories require that recipients pay a portion of the cost of care on a sliding fee scale.
Also, the ability to access certain categories depends on the availability of funding. Once a family is determined eligible for child day care services, the social worker attempts to match the child needing care with a licensed day care center or a certified, licensed, or registered family day care home in the family's general neighborhood or the geographic area of school or work. In order to become certified, a family day care home provider is required to meet and adhere to state and local standards for child care which include, but are not limited to, a home study, child protective services and criminal record checks and tuberculin skin test. For further information about eligibility for child day care services call 437-3200. For information on becoming a licensed day care provider, please call 491-3990.