{"id":320611,"date":"2026-08-13T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320611\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:24:10","slug":"nyc-child-care-fees-eliminated-for-families-receiving-subsidies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320611\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Child Care Fees Eliminated For Families Receiving Subsidies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who Can Qualify For Subsidized Childcare? <\/p>\n

Generally, eligibility depends on household income, the child’s age, residency\/immigration requirements and the family’s \u201creason for care.\u201d <\/p>\n

For a two-parent household, both parents generally must have an approved reason for care. Qualifying reasons can include:<\/p>\n

Working at least 10 hours a weekAttending school or vocational trainingLooking for workLiving in temporary housingReceiving domestic-violence servicesReceiving substance-abuse treatment <\/p>\n

For families qualifying through work, the City says workers generally must earn at least the applicable minimum wage. <\/p>\n

The current income ceiling listed by NYC 311 is $108,631.70 a year for a family of four, before taxes. The limit increases with household size. <\/p>\n

Families can still apply<\/a> for child care assistance, but new applicants may face a waitlist because the City currently does not have enough funding to issue vouchers to families who are not receiving Cash Assistance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who Can Qualify For Subsidized Childcare? Generally, eligibility depends on household income, the child’s age, residency\/immigration requirements and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-320611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}