Income and family contribution requirements for IDHS

• Income guidelines for the child care subsidy are:

  Family Size — Maximum Monthly Income
  (Gross before Taxes)

  1 — N/A
  2 — $2,819
  3 — $3,555
  4 — $4,292
  5 — $5,029
  6 — $5,765
  7 — $6,502
  8 — $7,239

• Parent Co-Payments

  • Parents who have been approved for child care benefits are required to help pay for the cost of their child care.

  • You MUST make a payment, called the Parent Co-Payment, to your child care provider each month. The amount of your parent co-payment is shown on the Approval Notice. The State will deduct the parent co-payment from the total charges paid to your provider up to the maximum child care rate.

  • If the co-payment is more than the total charges, the parent pays the lesser amount to the provider and no payment is made by the state. The Department will not pay for any child care charges over the maximum rate.

  • Your provider will tell you when to pay the parent co-payment, each week or once a month. (For Learning Bridge payment is expected the Friday before care)

  • If you have more than one provider, only one provider will be assigned to collect the parent co-payment. The amount of the parent co-payment will be shown on the Approval Notice for the provider assigned to collect the parent co-payment. The Approval Notice will show if the provider is not assigned to collect the parent co-payment.

• Along with the completed form, the state will require two consecutive pay stubs. (Or have your employer fill out an income verification form.)