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Temporary
Assitance for Needy Families (TANF)
This program provides help to parents who are part of New
Jersey's welfare reform initiatives. Parents receive funding
for child care while they are in training or at work. TANF
encourages people to break the cycle of poverty while restoring
the family unit and promoting personal responsibility for
persons who receive welfare benefits.
Child
Care Resource and Referral Program
The Child Care Resource and Referral program provides a directory
of child care resources to parents regardless of income or
age. It also provides training and assistance to providers
and information to prospective providers while working to
increase public awareness of child care issues.
New
Jersey Cares for Kids (NJCK)
This program helps low-income parents meet the costs of child
care. Eligibility guidelines are established by state and
federal governments and each county is given a limited amount
of money to subsidize child care costs. Allotted money is
expended on a first come, first served basis and all eligible
parents are placed on a waiting list for available funding.
Child
Care Food Program
The Child Care Food Program is a federally funded program
that provides reimbursement to registered Family Day Care
providers for meals served to children in their care. Providers
are paid for up to two meals and one snack daily for each
child.Meals must meet the basic nutritional requirements set
by the United States Department of Education Bureau of Child
Nutrition Programs.
Quality
Infant/Toddler Initiative
This Initiative (QI/TI) provides health education and technical
assistance to child care providers. Child Care Health Consultant
Coordinators collaborate and partner with other health care
professionals in the community to develop resources for child
care providers and to assist in improving the quality of child
care.
Family
Child Care Program
This program enables parents to receive quality child care
in a private residential setting. Tri-County helps prospective
providers establish their own day care business. A provider
may care for five children at a time.
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