Kawerak’s Child Care Program is excited to announce a new development with Tribally Approved Child Care. In order to increase access, we have expanded our Tribally Approved Relative Provider program to include extended family and non-relatives.
Now, providers can enroll in our program to become a Tribally Approved Provider and receive payment for up to 4 tribally enrolled youth under the age of 13, or up to age 19 with a documented disability. For full time care, providers will be compensated $70 per child. The half day rate is $45 per child. Providers themselves do not need to be Tribally Enrolled.
NEW! All families of tribally enrolled children are eligible for child care assistance, regardless of income. A family’s documented income will only be used to determine their co-payment amount. Families of eligible children will not pay more than 7% of their income for co-payment, and that is designated per family, not per child.
In order to get started, parents will need to apply for Kawerak Childcare Assistance. Once in the program, their child or children will be eligible for payment from Kawerak’s Child Care Services to their chosen provider. Families may have multiple providers (state licensed and/or tribally approved). If a child is in an enrollment-based program, families can have other providers receive payment in the case of agency closure, however only one provider may be an enrollment-based program.
Quality Improvement grants are available for providers to support healthy child development.
To apply or learn more visit kawerak.org/childcare or call us at 907-443-4263!
