Working families may qualify for financial assistance to pay for childcare.

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Whether you are attending Cheerful Beginnings: Baby School and Preschool, using my service to find a great daycare in the area for you, or are simply here to find information on subsidized child care in California, I hope this description is helpful.

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1st Step: See if your family qualifies 

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Take a look at the chart below and see if your family qualifies based on your family size and income. 

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2nd Step: Find your Resource & Referral group

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If your family currently does qualify, the next step is reaching out to the “Resource and Referral group” (R & R) for your zip code.

 

Use this link to find which R & R group is yours: https://www.ccala.net/connect-to-child-care/

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3rd Step: Your R & R group with guide you with the rest

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Your R & R will walk you through all the next steps. You’ll get paperwork to bring to the daycare of your choice. The daycare will fill it out and work with the agency. The agency visits the daycare you chose to make sure their program is a good program.

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How much will it help?

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The agency pays for a portion of the daycare's charge (the “regional market rate” for California) and you pay the remaining balance.

 

The chart below shows the maximum reimbursement amount for Los Angeles County (from this website: https://rcscc.adm.dss.ca.gov/index.aspx)

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Depending on your child's age and daycare schedule, this could work out to be the state paying about $6.50/hour of the daycare's charge.

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If your child has developmental delays, such as in gross motor, speech, or cognitive ability, the Regional Center can also subsidize preschool for your child.

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You can find your regional center here: https://www.dds.ca.gov/rc/lookup-rcs-by-county/

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Much of the area around Cheerful Beginnings is under the East LA Regional Center.

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Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center 

Executive Director: Gloria Wong

Phone: 626-299-4700

Early Start Intake: 626-299-4777 | earlystartreferrals@elarc.org

Please call before sending anyone's personal health information to coordinate secure transfer of documents.

 

Address: 1000 South Fremont Avenue Alhambra, CA 91803

Counties Served: The health districts of Alhambra, East Los Angeles, Northeast, and Whittier within the county of Los Angeles.