Child Care Payment Assistance

Need Child Care Payment Assistance?
Are you seeking employment?
Are you a student that needs child care?
Do you have a Welfare-to-Work plan?
Is your child at risk of abuse or neglect without quality child care?

Choices For Children will provide information on choosing quality child care to best meet each families needs.  Our agency will provide families with referrals to licensed Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers.  The enrolled parent also has a choice of placing their child/ren in care with a License-Exempt provider.  A License-Exempt provider is someone who may legally care for one family’s child/ren without a license and completes the TrustLine Process. TrustLine is the California registry of records at the California Department of Justice. Our Child Care Subsidy Program utilizes state and federal funding to provide payment for chld care for eligible families.

 

Referral Services

Through our computerized database system, we offer free referrals tailored to meet your family’s needs. Our Referral Specialists can give you referrals in our office or via fax, telephone, mail or email.

 

Our database includes…

 

• Child Care Centers
• Preschools
• Family Child Care Homes
• License-exempt Providers
• Ski Resort Child Care Facilities and Children’s Ski Schools
• Children’s Summer Activities
• Baby-sitting Agencies
• Nanny & Au Pair Agencies  

Our Child Care Referral information includes…

 

• Specific information about a facility.
• Tips on how to choose child care.
• How to interview caregivers.
• Information about the average costs.
• Local activities and events for children and families.
• Child Care Licensing Regulations.

 

Child Care Food Program
 

The Child Care Food Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services and the California Department of Education.

Provides training and cash reimbursement to child care providers for serving nutritious meals to enrolled children ages birth through 12 years.

 

Parents are assured that their children receive nutritious meals while in child care. Children also benefit by being introduced to different types of foods and learning healthful eating habits to last throughout their lives.

 

 

Resource Library

 The parent and provider resource center is located in our office and operates like a library, offering a variety of items for loan including...

• Books
• Videos
• Curriculum Kits
• Toy Lending Library
• Seasonal Activity Packets
• Resources on a wide variety of topics which may be copied for your use.

A laminator, copy machine, die-cuts and a resource store to purchase items are also available to our clients.

 

 

Other Services

 

• Newsletter: 
• Western Slope Fall 2011 edition
• South Lake Tahoe Fall 2011 edition
• *Workshops for child care providers and parents.
• *Technical assistance for parents and providers.
• *Information on how to become a licensed child care provider.
• *Participation in local events such as Day of the Young Child and Kids Expo.
• *Advocacy for  local, state, and federal improvement of child care and family services     

Choices for Children is a non-profit agency. If you would like to make a donation to our Giving Fund, please click here for additional information. The money that you contribute goes to work right here in the community. Your gift makes a difference! Please give generously!