State Plan
Kentucky's Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Plan focuses on meeting the need for child care through specific strategies.
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Eligibility Criteria |
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Kentucky targets eligible children who:
- Have special needs;
- Receive, or need to receive, protective or preventive services;
- Are children of teen parents;
- Are children of parents who participate in the federally mandated welfare reform program (K-TAP); and
- Are children of low-income parents who work and/or attend an education or training program leading to self-sufficiency.
Eligibility Guidelines
To the extent funding is available, maintain gross income eligibility at 150 percent of the federal poverty level for initial application and 165 percent of the federal poverty level at the time of redetermination or for families transitioning from KTAP;
Income Eligibility by Family Size Table
To promote parental responsibility, families with an income above $900 a month may be accessed co-payments. (The number of family members does not change the amount of the co-payment.)
Families that receive child care subsidies are responsible for paying the co-payment directly to the child care provider.
Quality and Accessibility
Incentives that are added to the daily rate for providers that are accredited ($2 a day), that operate nontraditional hours ($1 a day), or that serve children with special needs ($1 per child per day).
Market Rate Survey
A market survey of child care is conducted every two years. The most recent market rate survey was completed in 2005 and submitted with the CCDF State Plan. The results show that a family in Central Kentucky can expect to pay $24 a day for a child under two years of age or $21 a day for a preschool child attending a licensed center.
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