Programs / Financial Assistance
2023- 2024 Program Year
HEAD START for 3 year-olds
- Head Start funded seats are available in public school sites across the parish
- Seats for 3 year-olds that qualify for Head Start are available in the following school sites only:
- Ascension Head Start
- Duplessis Primary School
- Pecan Grove Primary School
- Lakeside Primary
- Sorrento Primary
- Sugar Mill Primary
- Child must be 3 years old by September 30th of the program year and meet ONE or more of the following eligibility requirements:
- Total household income must be at or below the 100% federal poverty level
- Foster care placement
- Verified Homelessness
- Public Assistance such as SNAP or Social Security & disability benefits
- Student has a qualifying IEP for speech, cognitive or developmental delays whose needs are best met in a full time Head Start classroom
PUBLICLY FUNDED PRE-K for 4 year-olds
- Publicly funded seats are available in public school sites across the parish for children that meet the following criteria
- Child must be 4 years old by September 30th of the program year and meet eligibility requirements:
- Total household income is at or below the 200% federal poverty level
- Foster care placement
- Homelessness
- Public Assistance such as SNAP or Medicaid
- Qualifying IEP for cognitive or developmental delays whose needs are best me in a full time preschool classroom
- Child is a t risk of not meeting kindergarten readiness standards due to one or more contributing factors such as being an English language learner in a family where one or more parents speak a language other than English as the primary language at home or determined at risk of being developmentally unprepared based on screening results.
TUITION BASED PRE-K SEATS in public schools for 4 year-olds
- Limited tuition paying seats are available in some public school sites
- Child must be 4 years old by September 30th of the program year and cannot qualify for Head Start or other publicly funded Pre-K seat
- Tuition based seats are made available once all qualifying children have been placed in publicly funded seats
- Tuition amount is based on a sliding income scale
- Ascension Parish Public School employees that serve in our west side locations can apply for a tuition waiver for placement in a west side school-based early childhood classroom.
CCAP-subsidized seats in early learning centers for birth to five year olds
- Subsidized tuition for families participating in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)
- Parents must meet the work/school participation requirements defined by CCAP
- For children ages Birth to 5 years old attending a qualifying Child Care / Early Learning Center from our list of provider partners within our network
tuition free publicly FUNDED BIRTH TO THREE SEATS IN EARLY LEARNING CENTERS
!!!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!!!
FUNDING FOR THE SEATS DESCRIBED BELOW EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2023 AND HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED FOR THE 2023 2024 PROGRAM YEAR. WE ARE WORKING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM. FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR CCAP AND BE PLACED ON THAT WAITING LIST UNTIL ADDITIONAL B-3 FUNDING CAN BE SECURED.
- Free publicly funded seats in a privately owned early learning center are available for children ages birth to three in qualifying early learning centers
- For children that are three years old or younger by September 30 whose family income falls at or below 85% of the State Median Income Level, ($3,939 per month for a family of two, $4,866 per month for a family of three, $5,793 per month for a family of four, $6,720 for a family of five), and whose adult household members are all currently employed or in training at least 20 hours per week, are currently enrolled in school for at least 12 credit hours, or who are actively seeking employment. Children in foster care or from families experiencing verified homelessness are also eligible.
CCAP - CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FAMILIESTo support all families in accessing high quality child care, the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) provides financial assistance to low-income families while they are working or attending school.
CONTACT INFORMATION
CCAP Household Eligibility
P.O. Box 260037
Baton Rouge, LA 70826
Telephone: 1.877.453.2721
Fax: 225.376.6060, 225.342.3906
Email: LDEccap@la.gov
Fax: 225.376.6060, 225.342.3906
Email: LDEccap@la.gov