Important Information

Please note that copayments are resuming on August 1, 2024.

Federal law requires families to share in the cost of child care using a sliding fee scale (meaning cost is adjusted depending on your income). This fee is known as copayment or copay. 

Copayments had been temporarily suspended since the onset of, and recovery from, the COVID-19 pandemic due to the availability of additional federal funding. That funding is no longer available, and federal law requires families receiving child care assistance to share in the cost of child care by making copayments, with limited exceptions. A family’s copayment amount is calculated based on the first child and second child. There is no copayment for any additional children.

Copays are resuming and families will be responsible for paying copayments to you starting August 1, 2024.
 
Please note that if a family’s income is at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) or if the child is in protective services, the copayment will be waived. For those families, the State will provide the total CCAP provider payment rate and the family will owe you no copayment.

Copayment percentages are as follows: 

Family Income at or below 100% FPL

Family Income of at least 101% and up to 200% of FPL

  
Family income is 201% of FPL or greater

A new Parent/Applicant and Provider Agreement (PAPA) will soon be issued by your County Resource and Referral agency (CCR&R) to show the copayment amount owed to you by each family you serve that receives child care assistance.
 
Please note that if you charge a rate that is higher than the CCAP provider payment rate, the family will be responsible for paying you both the copayment and that overage amount above the CCAP provider payment rate.
 
You can review the Copayment Schedule or if you have any questions, please contact your CCR&R.