The subsidized child care program helps low-income families pay their child care fees. The state and federal governments fund this program, which is managed by the Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) office located in your county.
If you meet the guidelines:
- The ELRC will pay a part off your child care cost. This is called a subsidy payment.
- You will pay a part of the cost. This is called the family co-pay.
- The subsidy payment and the family co-pay go directly to the child care program.
NOTE: If your child care subsidy does not pay the full amount that your child care program charges, the child care program may ask you to pay the difference between the subsidy payment and their private charges.
ELRC Region 11 – Bradford & Sullivan counties
41 S. Main Street
Unit C-100
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Phone: 570-704-5333
Toll-Free: 1-833-229-6925
Fax: 570-235-6949
E-mail: ELRC11@cscinc.org or elrcregion11@pa.gov
More information:
https://www.dhs.pa.gov/Services/Children/Pages/Child-Care-Works-Program.aspx
Application: https://www.dhs.pa.gov/Services/Children/Documents/Child%20Care%20Early%20Learning/CY%200868.pdf
Income Guidelines:
The annual income for a family to be eligible to receive a subsidy is 200 percent or less of the Federal Poverty Income Guides.
https://www.aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines
