i-Assist CEL

Connecting families to subsidized child development programs

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Maximum Income Levels

Overview

The need for subsidized child care assistance far exceeds the availability of program spaces in the county.

Most programs will not have immediate openings, and in order to be considered for a future opening, you'll need to be placed on the Santa Clara County CEL. You can do this by contacting the Santa Clara County CEL at (877) 235-0095 or contacting the program you are interested in and have them place your family information on the Centralized Eligibility List.

A few programs in our community have been allowed by CDD rules to continue keeping their individual eligibility (waiting) lists. If these programs are not able to serve families, they are required by CDD rules to refer them to the CEL. However, when the programs enroll, they do not need to take families off of the CEL. The programs that still maintain their own lists are:

• Campus child care programs
• Part-year programs for children of Migrant families

Also, programs that are not funded through CDD (such as Head Start and ASES and 21st Century programs for school age children) also keep individual lists and enrollment processes.
If any of these programs might meet your family’s need for child care, you should call them directly about their lists, as well as having your information placed on the CEL so you can be considered for openings in other programs. For more information call the 4C R&R Department at (408) 487-0749.

Please understand that there are over 9,000 children waiting on the Santa Clara County CEL. When you are placed on this list you are assigned a rank based on your gross income (before taxes) and the number of individuals in your family.

Unfortunately, the CEL is unable to guarantee participating families subsidized child care, but CEL staff will continue to work with the families to make sure that they have every opportunity to receive a child care subsidy. The number of existing programs and the amount of funding limit the service to strictly limited number of applying families. When funds become available, families with the greatest financial need are served first and may be enrolled ahead of families who have been on the list for a longer period of time.

**NOTE: In the following chart, click on your family's gross monthly to view the programs you qualify for.

Maximum Income Levels for Subsidized Care (Please click on your family's gross Monthly Income for the number of people in your family)
over $3,519	over $3,770	over $4,189	over $4,859	over $5,529	over $5,654	over $5,780
$3,518 or less	$3,769 or less	$4,188 or less	$4,858 or less	$5,528 or less	$5,653 or less	$5,779 or less
1 or 2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Number of Family Members

Please Note:

A family of four earning $4,000 a month qualifies for state preschool while a family of two earning $3,500 a month does not qualify. The family has a greater opportunity of subsidized child care when their family size is greater and their income is lower than other families.

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