Subsidy For Your Own Kids

[Blackcat31]

Blackcat, are you in WI?

WI just had a crack down on subsidy fraud and there were several family programs where the moms essentially traded children and paid each other through WI Shares.

But if you're under a certain income level you can claim them on the food program.

Nope not in Wisconsin, but I am your neighbor....I am in MN.


Good point about the food program too.

...if I remember right, there used to be a tax break too for your own child being in your child care if they were under 5 and took up a space that stopped you from enrolling another child....I can't remember exactly but I remember reading about it and at the time my youngest had just turned 5 so I wouldn't have been able to claim it so I didn't read farther into it to see if it was a federal or state tax deduction....maybe someone else will recall better. (???)

[Little Star75]

I'm in California and they allow daycare providers to have subsidy as long as they qualify however they can only use the subsidy if they have a second job non-Childcare related. For example if you have a daycare and are considered "low income" working M-F 8-5 but work evenings somewhere else as an elderly caregiver, cashier, etc they will cover the Childcare for another provider. They will not pay during your business hours. I actually know of someone that is a licensed provider and work evenings as an elderly caregiver, takes her boys to a relative and pay that family member. At least in the county I'm in they cover these services.