SS HB 2290 -- CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE

This bill requires the Children's Division within the Department
of Social Services to establish rules to become effective by
July 1, 2011, to modify the income eligibility criteria for any
person receiving state-funded child care assistance through
vouchers or direct reimbursement to child care providers.
Subject to appropriations, an eligible child care recipient may
pay a fee based on his or her adjusted gross income and family
size unit on a child care sliding fee scale established by the
division.  An individual receiving state-funded child care
assistance whose income surpasses the annual appropriation level
may continue to receive reduced subsidy benefits on a scale
established by the division, at which time the person will have
assumed the full cost of the maximum base child care subsidy rate
and will no longer be eligible for child care subsidy benefits.
The sliding scale may be waived by the division for a child with
special needs.  The maximum payment by the division will be the
applicable rate minus the applicable fee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm