- Customer Education Center
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- Overview of Services
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- Overview
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- Family Employment Program
- Two Parent
- Adoption Assistance
- Specified Relative
- Homeless Prevention
- Requirements
- Time Limits / Extension
- Review Process
- How to use
- EBT Instructions
- Next Steps
- General Assistance
- Refugee Assistance
Child Care
Child Care assistance programs help parents cover the cost of child care. Once approved for Child Care, the payment is sent directly to the provider selected by the parent.
- Child Care assistance will be reviewed every 12 months
- The income limit during the review period is 85% of the State Median Income limit
- Customers may be eligible for up to three months of Job Search Child Care
- Customers who are experiencing temporary employment or household changes may be eligible for continued child care assistance
Additional information can be found in the Requirements section below.
Requirements
- Employment Support Child Care
Helps employed individuals pay for child care. - Job Search Child Care
Helps individuals who are open for Employment Support and lose their job, pay for child care while they search for a new job. - Family Employment Child Care Program
- Helps individuals who receive or are applying for financial assistance pay for child care.
- Non-Citizens
Even if you are not a U.S. citizen, you may be eligible to recieve Child Care assistance - Eligibility Policy
- Income Limit Charts
Resources
- Office of Child Care Parent Resources
- Care About Child Care Parent Resources
- Developmental Screening
- Provider Payments
- DWS Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) Approval
- Kids In Care: Child Care assistance for unemployed parents
Apply
If you have already applied for or are receiving child care assistance, you can sign up or log in to myCase to get information, recertify and manage your benefits.
Search for a child care provider
- Visit Care About Child Care to search for child care providers in Utah.
Office of Child Care
- The Office of Child Care strengthens early childhood development by connecting parents with affordable, quality child care.
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