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Child Care Openings| Nanny/AuPair | Child Care Report and Recommendations
Evaluating Child Care
Iowa Licensing and Quality Indicators
National Quality Standards
- Child Care Centers
- Family Day Care Homes (In-home child care)
Resources
- Iowa State Extension -- Child Care Lasts a Lifetime
Child Care Programs and Services
NEW Programs
UI Child Care Partners
Community Child Care Services and Resources
- Child Care Resource and Referral
- Registered Family Day Care Homes and Licensed Child Care Centers
- Hawkeye Area Child Care Providers Network
- Corridor Child Care
- Iowa Family Child Care Association
Back-up Child Care
- Babysitting & Mildly Ill Child Care care/babysitting)
University of Iowa Child Care Subsidy Programs for Graduate/Professional and Undergraduate Student Parents, Academic Year 2008-2009
- Check back mid-August for the 2008 - 2009 program description and application. With questions, email familyservices@uiowa.edu .
Office of Student Financial Aid (335-1450)
Student loans through the Office of Financial Aid may be available to help with child care costs. To apply, the student must have a FAFSA, federal tax return and University of Iowa Verification Form on file at the Office of Student Financial Aid.
For student loan purposes, child care is considered a special circumstance. For more information as to the explanation of special circumstances, visit http://www.uiowa.edu/financial-aid/apply07-08/specialcircumstances.
Towards the bottom of the web site noted above, you will find a link to the form, Request for Childcare Expense Adjustment. You must download the form, have your child care provider verify your monthly costs, and then submit the form to the Office of Financial Aid.
Iowa Department of Human Services
Eligibility based on income.
Johnson County Emplowerment Funding
Eligibility based on income.
UI Benefits
- Dependent Care Spending Plan -- Available to UI staff and faculty as a flexible benefit option to assist with child care expenses. Contact UI Benefits office (335-2676) for more information.