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us-nm/guidance/ececd/universal-child-care — ECECD: Universal Child Care · Axiom
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ECECD: Universal Child Care
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Universal Child Care
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Child care costs have risen sharply. Many families are paying as much for child care as they would for rent or a mortgage. That makes it harder to work, go to school, or make ends meet.
Virtual Event Recordings
Universal Child Care 101 for Families
Universal Child Care 101 for Early Childhood Professionals
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Universal Child Care: At a Glance for Families
Universal Child Care: At a Glance for Providers
Universal Child Care: At a Glance for Nations, Pueblos, and Tribes
Informational Fact Sheet
Universal Child Care: Update to Providers on Final Regulations
Updated Provider Rate Charts
Questions and Answers
1. Who qualifies — will all families be eligible?
2. Who needs to apply?
3. When and how can I apply for universal child care?
4. What happens after I apply?
5. How do I find an ECECD approved child care provider?
6. What programs are included?
7. Is there enough child care to support families’ needs?
8. In a family where the parents are undocumented but the child is a U.S. citizen, can the parents apply for child care assistance? If yes, what steps are taken to protect the undocumented parents during the application process?
9. What language options do parents have available when completing the child care assistance application? If the application is not available in the parents’ home language, is a translator or other support available to parents to complete the application process?
10. Families are asked to self-attest whether or not they have assets of over a million dollars. What is this requirement, and does this affect eligibility?
1. Can grandparents, or other relatives raising children, become registered home providers for their own grandchildren or other children?
2. Are there supports for language nests or culturally based early learning programs?
3. What workforce and capacity supports are available for NPTs?
4. What if a NPT child care center already receives federal funding but is short staffed or has a wait list?
5. What if a Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) funded child care center already receives federal funding but needs additional operating funds?
6. How can NPTs access and combine funding to expand child care?
7. Can providers with limited operating hours participate?
I am not licensed or registered, but I provide informal child care to my friends, family, and neighbors. How do I get paid for my care?
What is a registered home provider, and how do I become one?
I am a private nanny. Am I eligible to have my salary reimbursed by this program?
1. How will universal child care impact how I get paid?
2. What reimbursement rates does the state pay for Child Care Assistance?
3. How were the proposed reimbursement rates developed?
4. What are the enhanced rates, and how do they work?
5. Will providers be required to be open for extended hours?
6. Will all providers be required to pay the wage requirement?
7. What defines an “entry-level” employee for the enhanced rates pay requirements?
8. Does the pay requirement include any credential requirements for entry-level staff?
9. How will ECECD verify that providers are meeting the hour and pay requirements?
10. Do the enhanced rates stack on top of other reimbursement rates?
11. What is the enhanced rate for school-aged children?
12. How do the changes to wrap-around care and summer care impact providers?
13. What are the definitions of full-time, part-time, and wrap-around care?
14. What are the reimbursement rates for before- and after- school programs?
15. How were the rates for wrap-aroun d care determined?
16. Are providers reimbursed the same for full-time care whether a family uses 29 or 40 hours of care?
17. I need to know a family’s schedule in order to plan my program and make sure I have enough staff to provide care. Do the changes to full-time care impact my ability to set a schedule with families?
18. If children are presumptively eligible for 90 days before their information is confirmed, do I have to wait 90 days before I am paid for the care I provide?
19. Who is required to participate in PDIS, and what are the requirements?
20. How do providers register or enroll in the Professional Development Information System (PDIS)?
21. Can I limit the number of slots I make available to children receiving Child Care Assistance in my program?
I am a private provider who does not participate in the Child Care Assistance program. How do I enroll and start accepting families with Child Care Assistance?
Are private providers required to participate in the Child Care Assistance program?
My private tuition rates are higher than the Child Care Assistance reimbursement rates. Can I charge families the difference between the Child Care Assistance rate and my private tuition rate?
Can private providers continue to charge private tuition rates to families who are not enrolled in Child Care Assistance?
Are Child Care Assistance reimbursements subject to gross receipts tax (GRT)?
How much is universal child care expected to cost per year?
How will this initiative be funded and remain sustainable?
How many additional children will receive child care through the contracted slots Request for Proposals?
What is FOCUS and how do I participate?
My program is nationally accredited. How does that align with FOCUS requirements?
How long will copayments be waived?
