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Financial Assistance

Due to limited funding, starting Friday, August 1, 2025, the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) will not be accepting new applications. Applications received or postmarked after July 31, 2025, will not be reviewed.

Children, currently served by the Child Care Assistance Program, will continue to receive assistance for the duration of their agreement and at scheduled redeterminations as long as they remain eligible. Unfortunately, new children cannot be added to existing CCAP cases after July 31, 2025.

If you need assistance paying for child care, you can check whether you are eligible for the Head Start child care program or if your school district has free child care for three- and four-year-olds.

Additional funding is not anticipated for the foreseeable future.

Please visit the ChildCareNJ.gov CCAP Application Closed page for information.

 

The cost of child care for families represents a major household expense, often exceeding other expenses, such as housing. The State of New Jersey offers programs that can help families with the cost of child care. Low and moderate-income working families may be eligible to receive state subsidies for child care, including preschool instruction, before and after-school programs, summer camps and care for children with special needs.

Child Care Resources helps Monmouth County’s families link with these subsidy programs. Subsidy programs can be used for a variety of types of child care, such as licensed child care centers, registered family child care homes, licensed before and after-school programs and summer camps.

The subsidy programs available in Monmouth County are (please click on the links below to learn more about each subsidy program):

  • New Jersey Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) – This program provides child care payments for families who are working full time, going to school full time or a combination of both.
  • Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) – The eligibility for this program is determined by the Monmouth County Division of Social Services (MCDSS). If eligible, a parent is referred to Child Care Resources for their child care needs.
  • Department of Education (DOE) Preschool Wraparound Child Care – This program is for those children enrolled in Department of Education Preschool programs in Asbury Park, Keansburg, Long Branch or Neptune for before and after-care and summer programming.
  • Specialized Programs – These child care subsidy programs include programs that meet special populations, such as those children in Child Protective Services through the Department of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), children in legal custody of their grandparents or other family members and programs funded through other entities other than the State of New Jersey.