childcare subsidy

Daycare cost offset

A childcare subsidy is government financial assistance that helps families pay for daycare, preschool, or other child care services.

These programs typically target low-income or working families, covering part or all of childcare costs so parents can maintain employment: She qualified for a childcare subsidy after returning to work.

Eligibility and amounts vary by jurisdiction.

Related

working parents · out of pocket · enrollment · waitlist · income-based · means tested · government assistance · nursery · toddler · tuition · Head Start · sliding scale · eligibility · application · monthly payment · provider · tax credit · working mother

Opposites
financial support direction

childcare subsidymarriage penalty

Higher taxes for wed couples

financial hardship

policy stance toward family support

childcare subsidyausterity measures

Policies reducing government spending

welfare cuts · one-child policy

policy approach to childcare

childcare subsidynon-intervention

Policy of staying uninvolved

Family

child, care, subsidy, children, childish, childlike, childless, childhood, childishly

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