FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For help paying for child care services, the following services, agencies, and scholarship programs may be of assistance to your family.

• Department of Human Services
  • Child Care Assistance
  • Family Investment Program
  • Promise Jobs
• Hawk-I Insurance Program (Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa)

 For ISU Student Families Only:

• CAP (Childcare Assistance Program) - is a childcare grant that reduces the cost of childcare for Iowa State University undergraduate and graduate students.  All applications are due by October 31 of each year. 

• ISU Office of Student Financial Aid

 Department of Human Services

Child Care Assistance (CCA) is available to the children of income-eligible parents who are absent for a portion of the day due to employment or participation in academic or vocational training or PROMISE JOBS activities.  Assistance may also be available for a limited period of time to the children of a parent looking for employment or when the parent who normally cares for the child is unable to do so due to hospitalization, or outpatient treatment for physical or mental illness.

Family Investment Program (FIP)

The Family Investment Program (FIP) is Iowa's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. FIP provides cash assistance to needy families, as they become self-supporting so children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives.

Hawk-I (Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa)
www.hawk-i.org
hawk-i is a program that provides health care coverage for Iowa children in families with limited incomes.