Families who are currently receiving or have received CalWORKS cash aid assistance within the last 24 months may be eligible for free or reduced cost child care services.
Assistance is available to families who live and/or work in San Diego County, California and have an infant or child who is under 13 years old or a 13-21 year old child with exceptional needs.
If you have not received CalWORKs cash aid in the last 24 months, but meet one of the following eligibility criteria, you are eligible to receive services when an opening occurs:
- Income eligible
- Homeless
- Child Protective Services (CPS) or at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
If you are eligible for the program, your family must meet one of these need criteria:
- Working
- Looking for work
- In school or job training
- Medically incapacitated
- Child Protective Services (CPS) or at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
- Homeless/seeking permanent housing
- Receiving CalWORKs cash aid and participating in an approved Welfare-to-Work Activity