Oklahoma DHS is NOT increasing parent co-pay child care subsidies this year as originally proposed.
POSTED 10/26/11:
DHS chose NOT to increase parent co-pay this year as was originally proposed for August and then postponed to November. The following article in the Tulsa World goes into more detail.
Click here for the Tulsa World article from 10/26/11
POSTED 7/27/11:
On 7/26/11, the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services approved the changes to the Appendix C-4 (co-payments and eligibility standards) with an effective date of 11/1/11 instead of the original date of 8/1/11. The DCOL-11-02 mailing that was sent 6/28/11 is no longer accurate. An overall system’s change will be made on all child care cases effective 8/1/11 using the Appendix C-4 dated 6/1/08. Notices to clients and providers will be issued with the decreased co-payments. The correct co-payment can also be found on the POS machine and on the provider web starting 8/1/11. The Appendix C-4 dated 6/1/08 is available online at OKDHS.org. Please call 405-521-3931 with any questions.
Click here for the article in the Tulsa World on 7/26/11
POSTED 6/27/11:
Due to a loss of funding for Department of Human Services, Child Care subsidies are changing effective August 1, 2011. Co-pays are going up approximately 30% and the family income eligibility is going down. In addition, families will be required to re-qualify every six months rather than annually. If families fail to re-apply before their renewal date, then they will be taken out of the system and be required to re-apply under more stringent rules which may make it more difficult for our families to access child care subsidy supports.
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