Participation Requirements

To be eligible for CCS scholarships, each parent or guardian living in the household must be actively looking for a job, working, attending school or training, or a combination of these activities. A single‑parent family must complete an average of 25 hours per week, and a two‑parent family must complete 50 combined hours per week.

Parents or guardians who are in a full‑time undergraduate degree program can receive child care for up to 60 months total. Parents or guardians must demonstrate making progress towards finishing their job training or undergraduate degree through continued enrollment.

Job Search: Parents or guardians, including those in a dual-parent family, who do not meet participation requirements at initial eligibility determination may be eligible for child care during initial job search if the parent or guardian is actively looking for a job.

Child care scholarships will be provided for up to 90 days while the parent or guardian is looking for a job.

At the end of the initial 90 days, child care scholarships will continue, if the parent or guardian finds a job, submits employment verification, and shows that participation requirements are being met. Child care scholarships will be terminated, if you do not submit employment information or fail to meet the participation requirements listed below: Single Parent Family – 25 total activity weekly average hours. This may be achieved by working 25 hours or a combination of work, job training or education hours with at least 12 hours of employment Dual Parent Family – 50 total weekly average hours combined between both parents. This may be achieved by working 50 hours or a combination of work, job training, or education hours with at least 25 hours of employment