Is there any government assistance to help me pay for child care?
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Child Care Expenses\n\nIf you have others take care of your children so that you can earn a living, most if not all of those costs can be deducted from your income. Costs that qualify include daycare, day nurseries, babysitters, day camps, and boarding school expenses.\n\nHere's what you need to know about the rules:\n\n   1. You have to be working.\n      In order to be claimed, child care expenses must be incurred so that you or your spouse can work, run a business, go to school, or carry on research that's funded by a grant.\n\n   2. The lower-earning spouse claims the deduction.\n      If you are married, the childcare expenses generally have to be claimed by the lower-earning spouse. The thinking is that otherwise, that person would stay at home to take care of the children. In some cases, if the lower-earning spouse is unable to care for the children, the higher-learning spouse may be able to claim the expenses. This includes situations where the lower-earner is disabled, in prison or hospital, or confined to bed or a wheelchair for at least two weeks.\n\n   3. Each child increases your deductions.\n      The total amount you can claim is determined by the number and ages of your children. For every child who is under the age of seven at the end of the year, you can claim $7,000. For every child over seven but under 17, you can claim $4,000.\n\n   4. You can't claim more than two-thirds of your earned income.\n      Your total allowable annual childcare deduction is the total of the individual maximums for each of your children. This means you should list all your children on your tax return, even if you only make minimum child care payments for one or two of your children. For example, suppose you have a five-year old for whom you spend $10,000 for daycare. You also have a fifteen-year-old for whom you don't use any childcare. You can still claim the full $10,000 of expenses, since your maximum limit is $11,000 - $7,000 for the pre-schooler, and $4,000 for the high-school student.\n\n      The amount of childcare expenses you can claim is also limited to two-thirds of what's called your earned income. Essentially, this means your salary and any business income.\n\n      The total amount you can claim in a year is whichever is less - two-thirds of your earned income, or the total allowable given the number and age of all your children. An example? Suppose you are the lower-earning spouse, with $21,000 of earned income. You have two children under the age of seven. They each give you a possible claim of $7,000, or $14,000 combined. You also have a 10-year-old. That gives you another $4,000, for a total potential child care deduction of $18,000 for the year. But two-thirds of your earned income is $14,000. Since that's lower than the $18,000, the most you can deduct is $14,000 of expenses.\n\n   5. Students can claim deductions.\n      Going to school? Single parents - as well as two-parent families where both parents are going to school - can deduct childcare expenses. For each week the single parent (or both parents in a two-parent family) goes to school full-time, the maximum deduction is:\n          * $175 per week for each child under the age of 7\n          * $100 per child between the ages of 7 and 16\n          * $250 per disabled child. \n\n      If you are going to school part-time, for each month you claim a part-time education credit, you can deduct:\n          * $175 per week for each child under the age of 7\n          * $100 per child between the ages of 7 and 16\n          * $250 per disabled child. \n\n      If you are studying part-time and have a spouse who works, the childcare deduction is also limited to two-thirds of your spouse's earned income.
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You could contact a Technical school, I got my Child Development Associate degree in a free Apprenticeship program, and I was able to count my working hours as my intern hours. Also, if you are really broke, then you should qualify for financial aid programs.
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Depending on what state you live in will determine who can give financial assistance with childcare. In Alabama the program is through an organization called Department of Human Resources (DHR), but I know it is called different things in different states. Usually if you qualify for other assistance, you will qualify for childcare assistance. You may want to check through your local health department and find out who you need to talk to.
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try HEAP for aid for heating bills,go to social services department at your downtown county building or look in the blue pages of your phone book. \n  My sister formerly used such services,as she was and still is a single mother with 3 children and has used assistance for milk,cheese,etc..cannot remember the service she used.\n  Your income is your qualifier,I don't think that child support is included as income,at least it is not used as income for tax purposes.\n  Children will eat you out of house and home,if you don't apply for something,and i am sure you cannot depend on your own business with the economical fluctuations which can be cyclical. \n  Good luck..no one should have to choose between money for food and/or rent or clothes on your back.\n  Also make sure you apply for the school lunch program for your children to receive free or reduced lunches depending..again on your income.\n  I used to live in New York and grew up there,my own mother was a single mom,and I remember receiving reduced lunches at school..although I remember selling my lunch tokens for cash..lol.\n  please ignore all the snobbish comments from Rich bratty Republicans who don't know what it is like to have to struggle to make ends meet.
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Try the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services for your state.  They should have a listing and rating for all licensed child care facilities
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You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your goals.\n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." There may be private foundations willing to support the children's education
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I would check on line first to see if there were any thing there for free to at least help out some.  Sometimes there are clinics that will work with you on payments as well.
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Contact your child support agency.  Click on your state and find your local office.\n\nhttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/extinf.html
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go to your schools financial aid department and ask for assistance
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sorry when you have money you can not get help.  I was a single parent as my son was growing up and I did not use aid I got a job and raised him, he then learned if you want something you have to work for it. You could always get a job.  I am disabled and have medicare.  If you are too sick to work you can apply.
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Get out the Yellow Pages and look under Churches.  They are usually funded for this type of assistance and you don't have to be a member.  \n\nCall each one and see which is the best deal.  Hopefully, you are a church member.  In that case you can ask your local church for this assistance. Good Luck!.....)(
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Well I have 4 kids and I'm a single mother. I can not work at the moment because I can not find proper child care for the two children that don't attend school.( I would love to be working) But here is the deal, Me and my kids are living in a small 2br, 1 ba home, you could donate about $2,500.00 to us so that we can pay the down payment on a new and bigger home. Charity I guess you could say, but I would consider it to be a blessing. Ty   latovat@yahoo.com
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I would check with Family Services in your city.  They can ususally steer you in the right direction.
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yes you can go to welfare and ask them what to do you. they will help you find a house that is affordable to you get food stamps if you need them and cash if you need that and they also have other resources that you can ask them about.
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Try getting a student loan or financial assistance from the government.
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That depends on what state you live in and how many children you have.  Try www.cirs.org  they may be able to help
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Contact your local legal aid department.  This and child custody matters are the types of things they primarily help people with.