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Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Data Summary: Child Care Assistance Family Copayment Policies: Family of Three¹ 2005

State/Territory	Monthly Upper Income Level at Which Maximum Fee Is Required²	Are Families at or Below Poverty Required to Pay a Fee?	Minimum Family Fee (Full-Time Care)³	Maximum Family Fee (Full-Time Care)	Is the Same Sliding Fee Scale Used in All Parts of the State?	Does the State Prohibit Providers from Charging Families Any Unsubsidized Portion of Providers’ Normal Fees?
Alabama	$2,682.00	some	$5.00/week 50% of fee for each additional child	$72.50/week 50% of fee for each additional child	yes	no
Alaska	$3,854.00	some	$13.00/month	$766.00/month	yes	no
American Samoa^*	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	yes
Arizona	$2,213.00	some	$1.00/day $0.50/day 2nd child	$10.00/day $5.00/day 2nd child	yes	no
Arkansas	$2,081.00	none	0% of fee	80% of fee	yes	yes
California	$2,925.00	none	$2.00/day	$10.50/day	yes	no
Colorado	$3,050.00	some	$7.00/month	$427.00/month $40.00/month 2nd child	yes	yes
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	$2,156.00	all	10% of cost of care	30% of cost of care	yes	no
Connecticut	$4,515.00	some	2% of income	10% of income	yes	no
Delaware	$2,612.00	some	1% of cost of care	80% of cost of care	yes	yes
District of Columbia	$2,892.00	some	$0.00	$13.08/day 1st child $9.81/day 2nd child	yes	yes
Florida	varies by locality	some	$0.63/day	$14.00/day	no	no
Georgia	$2,200.00	some	$0.00	$45.00/week	yes	no
Guam	$2,011.00	some	10% of cost of care	50% of cost of care	yes	no
Hawaii	$3,678.00	none	0% of reimbursement rate ceiling	20% of reimbursement rate ceiling	yes	no
Idaho	$1,706.00	some	7% of cost of care	66% of cost of care	yes	no
Illinois	$2,532.00	all	$4.33/month, one child	$186.32/month, one child	yes	yes
Illinois	$2,532.00	all	$8.67/month, two children	$320.64/month, two children	yes	yes
Indiana	$1,703.00	none	$0.00	9% of income	yes	no
Iowa	$2,723.00	none	$0.00	$14.00/day for full-day	yes	yes
Kansas	$2,481.00	some	$0.00	$243.00/month	yes	no
Kentucky	$2,099.00	some	$0.00	$10.50/day, one child $11.50/day, two or more children	yes	no
Louisiana	$2,653.00	some	35% of cost of care	75% of cost of care	yes	no
Maine	$3,546.00	some	2% of income	10% of income 50% of applicable fee for 2nd child 25% of applicable fee for 3rd child	yes	no
Maryland	$2,499.00	some	5% of average cost of care 3% of average cost of care for 2nd & 3rd child	50% of average cost of care 40% of average cost of care for 2nd & 3rd child	yes	no
Massachusetts^*	$4,104.00	none	$0.00	$120.00/week	yes	yes
Michigan	$1,990.00	some	5% of reimbursement rate ceiling	30% of reimbursement rate ceiling	yes	no
Minnesota	$3,352.00	some	$0.00/month	$737.00/month	yes	no
Mississippi	$2,917.00	some	$10.00/month, one child $20.00/month, two children	$212.00/month, one child $222.00/month, two children	yes	no
Missouri	$1,518.00	some	$1.00/year	$5.00/day/child	yes	yes
Montana	$1,959.00	some	$10.00/month	14% of income	yes	no
Nebraska	$2,481.00	none	$53.00/month, one child $106.00/month, two children	$241.00/month, one child $482.00/month, two children	yes	yes
Nevada	$3,308.00	some	0% of child care benefit	80% of child care benefit	yes	no
New Hampshire	$2,548.00	some	$0.00	$0.50/week	yes	no
New Jersey	$3,352.00	some	$9.10/month, 1st child $6.80/month, 2nd child	$294.90/month, 1st child $221.20/month, 2nd child	yes/no	yes
New Mexico	$2,700.00	some	$0.00	$218.00/month, one child $327.00/month, 50% of fee for each additional child	yes	yes
New York	varies by locality	some	varies by locality–– lowest copay is less than 1% of income	varies by locality–– highest copay is 16.2% of income	yes	no
North Carolina	$2,946.00	some	10% of income	10% of income	yes	no
North Dakota	$2,463.00	some	20% of reimbursement rate ceiling, up to a maximum of $42.00/month	80% of reimbursement rate ceiling, up to a maximum of $365.00/month	yes	no
Ohio	$3,592.00	some	$0.00/month	$314.00/month	yes	yes
Oklahoma	$2,425.00	some	$0.00	$154.00/month for one child $226.00/month for two children	yes	yes
Oregon	$2,010.00	some	$25.00/month	$454.00/month	yes	no
Pennsylvania	$3,151.00	some	$5.00/week	$70.00/week	yes	no
Puerto Rico	$1,279.00	all	$36.00/month	$48.00/month	yes	no
Rhode Island	$3,017.00	none	$0.00	14% of income	yes	yes
South Carolina	$2,347.00	some	$4.00/child/week	$13.00/child/week	yes	no
South Dakota	$2,682.00	none	$0.00	15% of family income	yes	no
Tennessee	$2,336.00	some	$1.00/week, one child $2.00/week, two children	$47.00/week, one child $82.00/week, two children	yes	no
Texas	varies by locality	some	varies by locality–– 7% of income, one child 9% of income, two children	12% of income, one child varies by locality–– 13% of income, two children	no	no
Utah	$2,432.00	some	$10.00/month, one child $15.00/month, two children	$255.00/month, one child $281.00/month, two children	yes	no
Vermont	$2,586.00	all	10% of reimbursement rate ceiling	90% of reimbursement rate ceiling	yes	no
Virginia	$2,481.00	some	$25.00/month	10% of income	no	no
Virgin Islands^*	$1,826.00	none	$0.00	$10.00/week	yes	no
Washington	$2,682.00	some	$15.00/month	$50.00/month plus 44% of the difference between family income and 137.50% of Federal poverty level (calculated at $418.72/month at the highest income level)	yes	yes
West Virginia	$2,181.00	some	$0.00	$5.75 per child	yes	yes
Wisconsin	$2,682.00	some	$5.00/week, one child licensed care $2.00/week, one child certified care Higher fee for additional children	$59.00/week, one child licensed care $41.00/week, one child certified care Higher fee for additional children	yes	no
Wyoming	$2,682.00	all	$0.40/day per child	$4.00/day per child	yes	no

Source: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Report of State and Territory Plans, FY 2006-2007 (2007), by the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.

NA = Not Applicable

^* In AS, all CCDF participants are at or below the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines and the Lead Agency chooses not to apply copayments to families at or below the Federal Poverty Income Guideline. Data provided for MA and VI are from the FY 2004-2005 CCDF Plans.

¹ Copayment fees included in this table apply to a family of three, including one or two children in full-time, center-based care who are not infants or children with special needs. Some States and Territories require different fee amounts for families with infants or children with special needs.Back

²When the Lead Agency provides information on an annual income, income is divided by 12 and reported as “monthly.” When the Lead Agency reports information on a weekly income, it is multiplied by 4 and reported as “monthly.” All monthly income levels are rounded to the nearest dollar. Typically, this is the maximum income at which families are eligible to receive child care assistance. These monthly income levels at which the maximum fee is capped are drawn from individual State or Territory sliding fee scales and do not necessarily correspond to the monthly income levels used to limit eligibility. (See Table 3.3.1) In some States and Territories, the sliding fee scale is maintained and applied separately from the policies affecting income eligibility thresholds. Back

³ Minimum copayment fees are based on sliding fee schedules (as submitted with CCDF Plans) for families paying a sliding fee and do not reflect waivers for specific populations. Back

June 2007

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