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*Important Scholarship Information*
Due to high demand we are currently out of funds for the Family Support Program.

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Family Support Programs

Child Care Network's Family Support Programs have been in the Ann Arbor community for over twenty three years. They are currently available in Washtenaw, Jackson and Monroe Counties. These programs provide parents with financial assistance for their child care costs so that they may access licensed, quality day care. This assistance helps families move toward their goal of becoming self-sufficient and successful in life. In turn, their children are able to experience high quality early care and learning that is stable, safe and nurturing, making them better prepared for school and for life.

Family Support Programs help low income parents in several situations. We can help qualifying parents who:

• are working.
• going to school.
• in crisis situations, such as domestic violence or homelessness.
• who have just lost their jobs and need to keep their children in day care so they can look for work.
• grandparents raising grandchildren.

***NEW! Family Support Walk-In Schedule for Applicants***

Due to the high volume of calls and walk-ins, CCN is implementing walk-in hours for the Family Support Programs. If you need to meet with staff in person please note the following hours:
Monday and Friday by appointment
Tuesday through Thursday 10:00 to 2:00
Emergencies served as needed

Through generous funding from many community partners, we are able to offer our Family Support Programs in every county that we serve.

Thank you to our most generous donors:

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Family Support Specialists

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Why families need your help! Child scholarships and family support.

• In 2005, the average cost of licensed child care in a center in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area is $10,023 for an infant!
• If you are a single parent with one child, with an income of $19,284 per year – YOU MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY TO RECEIVE STATE HELP WITH CHILD CARE. Often, a parent in these circumstances would pay up to 40% of their gross income on the care of their child.
• Without the help of the Child Care Scholarship and Family Support Program many parents must work two jobs to afford day care, rent, groceries and other daily necessities. They also have very limited options for child care – the care they can afford is unstable and must be rearranged frequently, it is often poor quality care.
• Medical science shows that the majority of human brain growth and development takes place from birth to age five. Quality of child/adult interactions during this time is critical to the development of language, cognitive and social/emotional abilities in children. These abilities affect their success in school and in life.
• Child Care Network's Family Support Program helps low income working families and families in severe crises (such as homelessness and domestic violence) pay up to 75% of the cost of licensed, safe child care.
• CCN's Family Support Programs have helped over 4,500 families since they began in 1982.
• Today, CCN is able to help about 480 children per year.
• There are an estimated 4,000 families in our five county area that would be eligible for CCN's Family Support Programs but not enough funds to assist them.

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A few quotes from past scholarship recipients:

"It gave me comfort that I can be both a success in my life and my daughter's life. To me it is important to have her see her mother succeed."

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the child care scholarships. Please continue the wonderful work you do helping families help themselves."

"Words will never explain how much your support has helped the three of us. Thank you for your support and for your understanding of my current situation."

"Now I can go to work full time and provide my little sweetheart with everything that she so deserves, and maybe now there will be a lot more smiles around the house, with the stress that has been lifted off our shoulders."

Thank You:

  Child Care Network would like to extend a big "Thank You"  to the Rotary

  Club of Ann Arbor for their generosity and award of $3,000 to our Family    

  Support Program. This money will help 8 to 10 children in the Ann Arbor  

  community enroll in licensed child care and camp

  while simultaneously relieving a financial burden for the parents. CCN staff,

  Board and especially the parents greatly appreciate the Rotary Club's support . Thank you, thank you!

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