Families in need of child care must first apply to the eligibility list. The eligibility list is a list of all children from income eligible families who are waiting for subsidized child care. Families are placed on the eligibility list in accord with the CDE, ELCD admission priorities.

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Families in need of child care and development services must first apply to the eligibility list. The eligibility list is a list of all children from income eligible families who are waiting for services. Families are placed on the eligibility list in accordance with the CDSS, WIC and the 5CCR admission priorities.

When funding is available, SSInc. is required to enroll families based on the following priorities:

1.   First priority shall be given to families whose children are receiving child protective services or families whose children are at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited. Within this priority, children receiving protective services through the local county welfare department shall be admitted first

2.   Second priority shall be given to income eligible families. Within this priority, families with the lowest income shall be admitted first

a.   If two or more families have the same income, the family that has a child with exceptional needs shall be admitted first; or

b.   If there is no family of the same income with a child with exceptional needs, the family of the same priority in which the primary home language is a language other than English shall be admitted first: or

c.    If there is no family of the same income, with a child with exceptional needs or the primary home is a language other than English, the family that has been on the eligibility list the longest shall be admitted first