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Child Care Voucher Program

For those employees with child care expenses, the state of Ohio offers the Child Care Voucher Program (CCVP). The CCVP provides cash grants once a year for work-related child care expenses. The amount you receive depends on:

• Your family adjusted gross income;
• Your hours and pay periods worked;
• Your number of dependents; and
• The grant amount allowed in your collective bargaining agreement.

This program applies to those employees with a Federal Adjusted Gross Income less than $35,000 ($40,000 for employees of the Attorney General's Office) with dependents under the age of 13 for which work-related child care expenses are incurred. The amount of the reimbursement will also be prorated against the employee’s hours.

Not all your dependents qualify for the program. To be a qualifying dependent, your child must have lived with you and must have been under 13 years of age

All expenses after a child turns 13 are ineligible. Likewise, any expenses or child support you paid for a child who does not live with you are not eligible expenses.

Under the Child Care Voucher Program, most money you paid for the cost of child care so that you could work is considered a qualified expense. Refer to the guidelines for determining eligible expenses in the IRS Publication 503 (PDF file). These expenses include those paid to:

• Baby-sitters;
• Child care centers;
• Latch-key programs; or
• Summer camp (but not overnight camp).

The amount you receive as a voucher will be reported to the IRS. Therefore, you will be required to file a dependent care expenses report form (IRS form 2441 with your 1040, or Schedule 2 with your 1040A).

For questions about the Child Care Voucher Program, please contact HCM
Customer Service at 614-466-8857, or toll-free at 1-800-409-1205.