The Child Care Voucher Program (CCV) 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 amount allowed in your collective bargaining agreement.

Eligibility

To be considered for the CCV Program, you must have worked for the state in the current year and in the previous year and you must have met all of the following eligibility requirements for the previous year:

• Your family’s adjusted gross income did not exceed the income ceiling set by your collective bargaining unit. To determine your adjusted gross income you must complete your federal IRS income tax form 1040. The last line on the front of the form 1040 states, "This is your adjusted gross income". You must provide a copy of your form 1040 with your application to show your adjusted gross income.

• If you were married as of December 31 of the previous year you must include your spouse’s income tax form 1040. For the IRS if you are separated you may file taxes independently, but for the purposes of this program you and your spouse’s income are combined to determine your family adjusted gross income. The IRS 1040 is not to determine marital status, but rather to verify income.

• You were an exempt employee or represented by either OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11 or District 1199.

• You were a full-time permanent or part-time permanent employee.

• Your qualifying child care expenses were greater than or equal to the amount set by your collective bargaining agreement. If you worked less than 2,080 hours the previous year your expenses must be greater than or equal to the prorated amount based on the number of hours and pay periods actually worked.