Exciting changes are coming soon for child care providers and families of West Virginia.  Effective May 1, 2009, child care centers and family child care homes and facilities will be paid more to serve children whose parents receive financial aid for child care while the parents work or attend school.  The new payment rates are based on the results of a market rate survey completed last year and will more closely match what parents pay privately for child care services.

The Division of Early Care and Education within the Bureau for Children and Families announces the availability of a new tiered reimbursement rate for the child care subsidy program. Child care programs, including centers, facilities and family child care homes, are now able to apply for Tier II reimbursement rates of $2 extra per day of care provided, if specific higher quality standards are met.