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Child Care Resource and Referral Services
Temporary Assitance for Needy Families (TANF)
This program provides help to parents who are part of New Jersey's welfare reform initiatives. Parents receive funding for child care while they are in training or at work. TANF encourages people to break the cycle of poverty while restoring the family unit and promoting personal responsibility for persons who receive welfare benefits.
Child Care Resource and Referral Program
The Child Care Resource and Referral program provides a directory of child care resources to parents regardless of income or age. It also provides training and assistance to providers and information to prospective providers while working to increase public awareness of child care issues.
New Jersey Cares for Kids (NJCK)
This program helps low-income parents meet the costs of child care. Eligibility guidelines are established by state and federal governments and each county is given a limited amount of money to subsidize child care costs. Allotted money is expended on a first come, first served basis and all eligible parents are placed on a waiting list for available funding.
Child Care Food Program
The Child Care Food Program is a federally funded program that provides reimbursement to registered Family Day Care providers for meals served to children in their care. Providers are paid for up to two meals and one snack daily for each child.Meals must meet the basic nutritional requirements set by the United States Department of Education Bureau of Child Nutrition Programs.
Quality Infant/Toddler Initiative
This Initiative (QI/TI) provides health education and technical assistance to child care providers. Child Care Health Consultant Coordinators collaborate and partner with other health care professionals in the community to develop resources for child care providers and to assist in improving the quality of child care.
Family Child Care Program
This program enables parents to receive quality child care in a private residential setting. Tri-County helps prospective providers establish their own day care business. A provider may care for five children at a time.
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Cumberland County
856-451-8100
Salem County
856-935-7739
Child Care Resource and Referral
Cumberland County
856-451-5813
Salem County
856-935-7950
New Jersey Cares for Kids Program
Cumberland County
856-451-8100
Salem County
856-935-7739
Family Child Care/ Child Care Food Program
Cumberland County
856-451-8100
Salem County
856-935-7739
Quality Infant/Toddler Initiative
Cumberland County
856-451-8100
Salem County
856-935-7123
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