Child Care Subsidy

[awestbrook713]

My cousin has been in the business for over 5 years now she is only a few counties over so I will have to talk to her.

[mom2many]

Do any of you know if it is "provider friendly" in california. I was wondering if this is something I should offer but was worried about the process and getting reimbursed.

I am in CA and have been part of the state subsidized programs for years. It has never caused me any difficulties ever. The parent's sign the child in and out each day and I submit the attendance at the end of the month for reimbursement.

I have been involved with several different programs and they all work about the same... Cal Works, Choices for Children & Paceapp.

The only issue or concerns I have had was when the state budget had not got passed and our checks were held up. We eventually got them once it was approved.

Also, when the state began to make cutbacks many low income families were told they would be losing their funding, so I was not sure how many kids I would lose. It ended up not affecting any of my families, so I was not hurt financially by losing anyone.

They have always paid me my current rates, so it has actually been fine overall.

[DaycareMama]

I am in Ny also. If you PM me your email and county I can email you the going rates for where you are

[nannyde]

I don't take the subsidy. The rate is TERRIBLE in Iowa. It's 120 a week or less for as much as ten hour days. Rediculous.

[wdmmom]

I'm in Iowa as well. The rates are horrible! If I took subsidy, I'd be paid about half of my going rate!

[MarinaVanessa]

I don't take the subsidy. The rate is TERRIBLE in Iowa. It's 120 a week or less for as much as ten hour days. Rediculous.

That's awful. That's one good thing about CA. They don't tell you what the maximum that they cover will be and it depends on the families income whether they get their entire childcare payment covered or if they have to pay a family fee (co-pay).

I charge $160 a week and they cover it most of the time (they pay strange). What they don't cover I can charge my clients and they give me the difference personally.

[melskids]

Wow this makes me nervous, I hope my county has their stuff together because honestly we have bills to pay and I would find them not paying you at a decent time ridiculous. I will just have to wait and see what goes on.

our county is AWEFUL! it takes months to get our payments.

we just had a meeting with one of our state senators about this. from what i heard, your county is really on the ball, and easy to work with. we are trying to change things in our county to be as efficient as yours, and they were using your county as a model, so i wouldnt worry too much.

[MsMe]

In Iowa they pay in 5 hour units.

The State fee does not cover all of my fee but I am only allowed to charge the family their 'per unit co-pay' it is based on the income the submit and mostly it is 0.00 the highest one I have seen in 1.70 (10 5 hour units per week) so they would owe 17.00 max per week.

[DaycareMama]

our county is AWEFUL! it takes months to get our payments.

we just had a meeting with one of our state senators about this. from what i heard, your county is really on the ball, and easy to work with. we are trying to change things in our county to be as efficient as yours, and they were using your county as a model, so i wouldnt worry too much.

I think we are in the same county. I could of wrote all that myself

[melskids]

I think we are in the same county. I could of wrote all that myself

maybe LOL

were you at the sit down with the senator last week too? LOL

[awestbrook713]

Thanks melskids this eases my mind. I hate change and so much is changing in my business lately.