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The
goals of the Inclusive Child Care Project
1)
To help families of children with special needs find and keep appropriate
child care while parents are employed or in post-secondary
education programs; and
2) To help children be in inclusive child care settings with their peers.
The
Project Provides a Supplemental Child Care Subsidy
• The subsidy helps meet child care costs that
are higher because of a child’s special needs.
• Parents pay the provider’s
customary fee, or a fee that is comparable to local child care rates.
The subsidy is paid directly to the child care provider
as a supplement to the parent payment.
• The subsidy pays for those things that are necessary
to the child’s placement and that cannot be
covered within typical child care rates.
• The
amount is different for each child. The subsidy is based on the individual
needs and resources of the child, the family and the child care setting. Examples:
• The subsidy offsets cost to the
provider of caring for a smaller number of
children.
• The
subsidy pays for an extra person in the child care setting at certain high
need times (such as meals or transitions).
• The
subsidy helps pay for a ramp so that a family child care provider’s
setting is accessible to a child in a wheel chair.
An
Individual Child Care Plan
An individual child care plan identifies additional
supports to the child care placement (training or consultation for the
provider, back up options, etc.)
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Child:
• From birth through 17 years of age;
• Has a physical, developmental,
mental, emotional, behavioral, or medical
disability; and
• Requires extra supports or accommodations to be in child care. These
are
supports that cannot reasonably be paid for within typical child
care rates.
Family:
• Has an income less than 85% of Oregon’s median income.
For a family of 4 this is approximately $52,332 per year or $4,361
per month [for 2005.] The amount goes up or down depending on family
size.
• Parents need child care to be
employed or to attend post-secondary education
programs.
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Child Care Providers
The child care provider may be a child care center, a registered family
child care provider, or and individual. Providers must comply with Child
Care Division registration and certification rules. Providers who are
exempt from those rules must agree to comply with health and safety requirements
and undergo a criminal records check.
To Make A Referral, or
for More Information Please Contact:
Terry Butler, Program Coordinator
Inclusive Child Care Program (503)
825 NE 20th Ave., Suite 100
Portland, Oregon 97232
731-3088 ext. 60
message: 1-800-292-4154
Fax: (503) 731-4132
terry.butler@state.or.us
Lorine Day-Reynolds, Subsidy Coordinator
Inclusive Child Care Program
805 Liberty Street NE, Suite 2
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 375-2644
or toll free (800) 342-6712
Fax: (503) 399-9858
lorinedr@oregonchildcare.org
Mailing
Address
540 24th Place N.E.
Salem, OR 97301
The
Inclusive Child Care Project is a project of the
Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities in partnership with the
Oregon Employment Department Child Care Division. The Child Care Division
provides supports for the project through the federal Child Care and Development
Fund. Last update: 10/15/02
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