Child Care Services
Application for Child Care Benefits
Application for Child Care Benefits (Spanish)
Application for Early Learning Initiative(ELI) Benefits
Application for Early Learning Initiative(ELI) Benefits (Spanish)
Subsidized Child Care
Subsidized child care is provided for eligible families to support the
parents' work and training efforts.
Who can get child care assistance?
Families whose income is at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty
guideline, can receive payment for all or part of their monthly child care expenses.
Child Care Providers receive payments from Lucas County Job and Family Services so
parents may work or attend approved school or training activities. Subsidies can
only be used in one of Lucas County's regulated child care environments.
Early Learning Initiative
The "early learning initiative (ELI)" is a collaboration between the Ohio
department of education (ODE) and the Ohio department of job and family services
(ODJFS) that is designed to provide children, who are often at risk of school failure,
with educational experiences that will help them enter kindergarten ready for
success. ELI will offer eligible children full-day and part-day early learning
services and family supports for health, nutrition, social services and child care
in center-based and family home programs.
Families can qualify for ELI by having a child 3 yrs of age – compulsory age for
school and not yet attending kindergarten. The family must be below 185% FPL; those
below 165% currently do not have a co-pay for the ELI program.
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