Child Care

Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas administers Child Care Assistance (CCA) funding to help parents pay for child care while they work, go to school, or participate in job training to become self-sufficient. Those eligible for child care assistance include:

• Parents who are receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
• Parents who have recently stopped receiving TANF benefits because of earned income.
• Parents in job training programs such as Choices or those offered through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
• Parents with low incomes who need help paying for child care so they can continue to work or attend training.
• Teen parents from low-income families who need child care to attend school.
• Parents with low incomes who have children with disabilities.

With CCA, parents choose which child care center their child will attend. A CCA family services specialist assists parents in making child care decisions based on the services offered, hours, fees and ages of children accepted by licensed Dallas County child care providers that offer CCA-funded care.

Parents are also given the option of selecting a relative to care for their children or a day care provider that is not contracted to provide CCA-funded care.

In addition to the work that is done through CCA-Dallas, Workforce also strives to maximize the quality and availability of child care through local initiatives with many entities in the community. These initiatives, which match local funds to federal dollars, are underwriting the following types of services:

• After school care for over 20,000 children in the area
• Subsidies for ongoing training and education for child care providers
• In-school programs for teen parents and their children
• Quality initiatives for infants and toddlers in low income, high need areas

For more information about CCA services, call CCA-Dallas County at (214) 630-5949 or click The Child Care Group website.

WorkForce Solutions Child Care Resources

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