COVID-19 SCHOOL-AGE TUITION
COVID-19 SCHOOL-AGE TUITION
ASSISTANCE FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Families can now apply for child care tuition assistance to help with care for children who have remote learning schedules due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
HOW TO APPLY
- Go to www.ChildCareNJ.gov and complete the online application.
- You will need proof of income and a notice or announcement from your child’s school of a remote learning schedule.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
- You are a NJ resident with a school-age child 5-13 years old.
- Your household income does not exceed $75,000 a year.
- Your child is attending school with either a part-time or full-time remote learning schedule.
HOW IT WORKS
- Assistance will be paid directly to the licensed child care center you select up to $634 a month or a registered family child care provider you select up to $526 a month for full-time care.
- If the assistance doesn’t equal the child care provider’s rate, the provider may charge you the difference.
- Applications will be considered until funds for this program are exhausted.
- This program ends December 30, 2020.
- For help identifying a child care provider, go to www.childcarenj.gov/ProviderSearch
State of New Jersey
- Phil Murphy, Governor | Sheila Oliver, Lt. Governor
Department of Human Services
- Carole Johnson, Commissioner
