Service Name: ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT PROGRAM (CALWORKS AND NON CALWORKS PARTICIPANTS)

Organization Name: BANANAS

• Description: Offers child care payment services for CalWORKs participants and families needing respite care. Assists eligible parents with the cost of child care through Child Care Payment Programs. Parents not enrolled into CalWORKs need to sign up on waiting lists at each subsidized child care program that fits their needs. Program does not offer actual child care.
  
  Please note:
  Offers ongoing services during Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) and Disasters. Services are available if power is turned off in this facility.
• Website: http://www.bananasbunch.org
• Email: info@bananasbunch.org
• Phone(s): (510) 658-0381, (510) 658-2307, (510) 658-7353
• Hours: Mon 9:30am - 4:30pm; Tue 9:30am - 4:30pm; Wed 9:30am - 4:30pm; Thu 9:30am - 4:30pm; Fri 9:30am - 12:30pm;
• Eligibility: Varies according to program. For CalWORKs Child Care Programs, must be referred by Child Care Links Stage 1 Program.
  In order to get on waiting lists, income must be below a certain level set by CDE to qualify. For most state/federally funded programs, parents must be working, looking for work, going to school, in training, or incapacitated.
  Alameda income ceiling: 1-2: $5,540, 3: $6,157, 4: $7,069 5: $8,199, 6: $9,330, 7: $9,542, 8: $9,755
• Requirements: No information has been provided by Agency
• Areas Served:
  • Alameda Alameda United States
  • Emeryville Alameda United States
  • Albany Alameda United States
  • Berkeley Alameda United States
  • Oakland Alameda United States
• Categories:
  • Child Care Expense Assistance