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There is something called CCS here in TX. They provide $$$ to pay for daycare if all of the adults in the home work a full week or go to school full time. They don't assist with less than that. The CPS worker has to fill out the request. It comes through the county from which the kids are placed and goes directly to the daycare. It has to be renewed every quarter and not every daycare accepts it. It can take as much as 1 month to kick in and back dates to the date on the form.
The problem is that if the cw lets it slip and doesn't renew, then you owe daycare. CCS will not reimburse any expenses. So, we found ourselves with a daycare bill for roughly $1800 one quarter. For whatever reason, the provider decided not to tell us until we were well into the $1000 range. Since both of us teach, we couldn't very well just not take them!
One other problem is that sometimes the funding runs out before your need does. We've been lucky with that.
You may have to search to find a good place that accepts the funding since it requires lots of stuff to be in compliance. But, it really is worth the hassle.
Call your cw. S/he's the only one who can help you on this.
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