Service Name: CHILD CARE PAYMENT PROGRAM

Organization Name: CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA

• Description: Provides subsidized child care expense assistance to eligible families. Done through one of the three following payment plans:
  
  Alternative Payment Program
  Pays for all or part of child care expenses while parents work, seek work, attend school, seek permanent housing, are deemed incapacitated, and/or at risk by a legally qualified professional. Families select caregivers from a variety of licensed and license-exempt child care providers.
  
  Calworks
  Provides parents with the cost of child care as they transition off cash aid/welfare assistance.
  
  Child Protective Services
  Provides child care to children certified to be at risk of abuse or neglect because of inappropriate parenting, a family medical emergency, or other family crisis.
• Website: http://www.chs-ca.org
• Phone(s): (805) 437-1910
• Hours: Mon 8:30am - 5pm; Tue 8:30am - 5pm; Wed 8:30am - 5pm; Thu 8:30am - 5pm; Fri 8:30am - 5pm;
• Eligibility: For all Programs: -Must live in or work in Ventura County, be employed or in an educational program, and child must be between 0 to 13 years of age. Child Care Specialists determine client eligibility based upon income level and availability of funds. -For Calworks program: Families are referred through local offices of the California Department of Social Services. They can also self-refer by completing the eligibility questionnaire. -For Child Protective Services program: Eligibility is established by written referral from a qualified medical, legal, or social services entity. Child does not need to have a social security number.
• Requirements: Proof of current gross income. Copy of birth certificate of child. Personal photo ID.
• Areas Served:
  • Ventura United States
• Categories:
  • Child Care Expense Assistance