Paying for Child Care

For Students | For Staff & Faculty

For Students:

Spring 2012 Student Child Care Subsidy Application

(Due by noon on April 13, 2012)

The student fee funded subsidy application form is available on the first day of spring term, and is due by noon on the 2nd Friday of the term, April 13th.  If a student wants to apply for summer term they will apply again at the beginning of summer term.

The award can pay for any Licensed, Registered or Exempt* Provider.

*Exempt providers must be listed with Family Connections.

OSU Financial Aid Office

Through the OSU Financial Aid Office, students can request that their Cost of Attendance be revised to include their child care costs.

You can find the form here. Please submit your completed forms to the OSU Financial Aid Office.

Grants

The State of Oregon also has funds available for students to help with child care costs.

For more information about the Oregon Student Child Care Grant please visit their site: http://www.getcollegefunds.org/child_care_grant.html

For Staff and Faculty:

Staff/Faculty Child Care Subsidy

Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Staff/Faculty Child Care Subsidy Application

(Due November 30th, 2011 at noon)

The OSU Child Care FriendRaisers Subsidy was created to help augment the high cost of child care for OSU staff and faculty so that they may have equal access to high quality child care.

The fund is generated through donated dollars via OSU Foundation.

The application cycle runs from Fall 2011-Spring 2012 with payment beginning in fall term of 2011.  Applications for the current cycle are due November 30th, 2011 by noon to Childcare and Family Resources.  (Payment will be retroactive to fall term 2011.)  Applicants will reapply in the late spring if they want to apply for Summer subsidy funds.

The subsidy is now available to parents at:

• Beaver Beginnings
• Corvallis Community Children's Centers (Growing Oaks, Lancaster or Monroe)
• First Presbyterian Preschool and Child Care Center
• Noah's Ark Preschool and Daycare
• Zion Lutheran Hand in Hand Learning Center

The Faculty/Staff Dependent Care Account

This allows you to save money for child care expenses on a tax-free basis. You may designate a monthly payroll deduction, which is deposited to your spending account. Throughout the year, as you spend out-of-pocket money for eligible dependent care expenses, you submit claims along with your receipts. The spending account administrator will reimburse you from the tax-free money you have set aside in your account. If you use this program, your use of the federal and Oregon child care tax credits will be limited. In general, if your adjusted gross income (including that of your partner, if any) is expected to be more than $25,000, most likely you will be better off receiving reimbursements under the spending account. Contact the Employee Benefits Office, 541-737-2806, 122B Kerr Administration Building, for further information.