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1.8 ACCESSING THE CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM A family interested in applying for child care assistance may inquire about the Child Care Scholarship Program by contacting the Control Center at 1-800-476- 0199 or other identified entities. Child care assistance is based on available funding and specific eligibility criteria. Information regarding the Child Care Scholarship Program and enrolled child care providers may be obtained from the SCDSS child care website at www.scchildcare.org or www.abcquality.org . Interested families may also apply through the Child Care Scholarship Program Benefits Portal. In order to consider the needs of the family in accessing support, materials, applications, and our website are all available in both English and Spanish. Additionally, our agency contracts with an organization that provides interpretation and translation services in over 100 languages.

1.9 CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS PORTAL The Child Care Scholarship Program has a benefits portal that allows an applicant to create an account, electronically complete the child care application and upload all supporting documentation via the portal. The benefits portal is used for the majority of child care application submissions.