Child Care Subsidy program (CCSP) Income Eligibility Criteria Update
Maine Department of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at 05/16/2022 09:58 AM EDT
CLIENT INCOME ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA
Individuals eligible for child care subsidy from the Department of Health and Human Services must comply with income eligibility criteria below.
|
Funds |
State Funds (SPSS) |
|
Income Eligibility |
All families must meet income guidelines of gross family income at or below 85% of Maine’s State Median Income. |
|
Fee Assessment |
Fees are assessed to all families. |
Effective 05/14/2022 until further notice
|
FAMILY SIZE |
ANNUAL INCOME |
MONTHLY INCOME (ANNUAL/12) |
WEEKLY INCOME (ANNUAL/52) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
$51,435.28 |
$4,286.27 |
$989.14 |
|
2 |
$67,261.52 |
$,5605.12 |
$1,293.49 |
|
3 |
$83,087.76 |
$6,923.98 |
$1,597.84 |
|
4 |
$98,914.00 |
$8,242.83 |
$1,902.19 |
|
5 |
$114,740.24 |
$9,561.68 |
$2,206.54 |
|
6 |
$130,566.48 |
$10,880.54 |
$2,510.89 |
|
7 |
$133,533.90 |
$11,127.82 |
$2,567.95 |
|
8 |
$136,501.32 |
$11,375.11 |
$2,625.02 |
|
9 |
$139,468.74 |
$11,622.39 |
$2,682.09 |
|
10 |
$142,436.16 |
$11,869.68 |
$2,739.15 |
Add 3% for additional family members. For families with more than one child in care, the youngest child is always considered the first child enrolled. The total amount of assessed fees to a family shall not exceed 10% of the family’s gross income for all of their children.
Weekly fee assessments must be rounded down to the nearest dollar. All assessed parent fees shall be paid directly to the caregiver by the parent.
SMI DATA: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ocs/COMM_LIHEAP_Att3HHSPGTable_PR_FY2023.pdf