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New payment levels for subsidized child care effective August 1

• Click HERE for a chart outlining the revised MCCA rates (PDF).  Rates that have been increased are in bold for easy identification.

The Pennsylvania budget for 2007-2008 includes funding to adjust child care reimbursement rates to address the minimum wage increase and provide tiered reimbursement for Keystone STARS programs. As a result, the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) have adjusted the Maximum Child Care Assistance (MCCA) levels in nearly every county which will have positive effects on center, group and family child care homes serving subsidy children, effective August 1:

• The MCCA statewide for infants, toddlers and preschoolers enrolled at child care centers is increasing to at least the 62nd percentile for full-time care and to at least the 58th percentile for part-time care. The MCCA in counties that have a concentration of young, low-income children in poverty will be increased to at least the 72nd percentile for full-time care and to at least the 60th percentile for part-time care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
• The MCCA for infants, toddlers and preschoolers enrolled in group or family child care is increasing to at least the 55th percentile for full-time care and to at least the 50th percentile for part-time care.
• For the first time in several years, the MCCA for school age children is increasing, with few exceptions, to at least the 40th percentile for centers, group and family child care providers.

The state budget also provides for additional tiered “add on” amount per child for Keystone STARS facilities with two or more Stars.  Implementation is targeted for September 1, 2007.  We will provide further details regarding this initiative in the near future.    

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