• Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Phone

Winston Prouty

Center for Child and Family Development

  • About
    • Our Mission and Values
    • Our Staff
    • Our Campus
      • Winston Prouty Kitchen
    • Board of Trustees
    • Annual Impact Report
    • Job Opportunities
  • Our Programs
    • Early Learning Center (ELC)
      • ELC Enrollment and Tuition
      • 2020-2021 ELC Family Calendar
      • Parent Circle
      • Farm to School
    • Children’s Integrated Services
    • Family Supportive Housing
    • Child Care Support Services
      • Child and Adult Care Food Program
      • Child Care Referral Program
      • Child Care Financial Assistance Program
      • Early Learning Express Bookmobile
        • The Book Nook
      • Windham County Starting Points Networks
  • News
    • Prouty in the News
    • Winston Prouty Podcast
    • Family Matters
    • The Prouty Voice Newsletter
      • The Prouty Voice Newsletter Archives
  • Resources
    • CIS Referral Form
    • Child Care Counts
      • CCC In the News
      • Job Openings in the Early Childhood Field
      • Resources for Careers in Early Childhood
    • Community Events
    • Brattleboro New Mom’s group
    • The Basics Vermont
      • Basics Insights
  • Support Us
    • Winter Bookmobile Fundraiser
    • Par for the Cause
    • Bookmobile Sponsorship
  • Contact Us
    • Directions
    • Staff Directory

Child Care Financial Assistance Program

Vermont’s Child Care Financial Assistance Program is designed to help families pay for child care for children birth through age 12. Sliding scale awards are made to income-eligible families qualifying under one of the following service needs:

  • Parents working or in school;
  • Parents who are self-employed or have recently started a business;
  • Parents seeking employment;
  • Parents participating in training activities through Economic Services Reach Up program.
  • Families with a level of stress that creates an at-risk situation;
  • Families with parents or children who have documented physical or mental health needs;
  • Families with children substantiated as abused or neglected and under the care of protective services.

The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development determines eligibility for this program.

To apply:

  • Visit our office
  • Call our office: (802) 257-7852
  • Print and fill out the application and mail it to The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development, 209 Austine Drive, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

Once eligibility is established:

  • The State of Vermont will pay a weekly rate (depending on eligibility) when your child attends child care.
  • You pay your child care provider directly for any balance over the weekly rate contributed by the State of Vermont.
  • As long as you communicate with your provider ahead of time, you may take 10 vacation days per fiscal year and the provider will still receive their weekly amount.
  • The State of Vermont may cover sick days for your child; call your Eligibility Specialist for details.
  • You must report all household changes within 10 days.

To learn more about it, visit the State of Vermont’s Child Care Financial Assistance page.

Publicly Funded Prekindergarten

In 2014, Act 166 was signed into law which mandates that all Vermont three and four-year-olds have a right to access publicly funded Prekindergarten for 10 hours a week, 35 weeks a year.  All school districts in Windham County offer Public Pre-K; some provide it in their public schools, and others provide Pre-K funding for children to attend pre-qualified private preschools. The school district will pay each provider an amount (in 2017, $3,000 per child) to be deducted from the child’s tuition for the 10 hours of preschool over 35 weeks, or provide the Pre-K in the school building.

If you are interested in learning more about or enrolling your child in Public Pre-K contact the Supervisory Union for your town if residence.

  • Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
  • Windham Central Supervisory Union
  • Windham Northeast Supervisory Union

Prouty in the News

Working together to make child care work

Monthly Newsletter: The Prouty Voice

The Prouty Voice: January 2021

Coronavirus Resources

Visit our YouTube Channel

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required

209 Austine Drive, Vermont Hall
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 257-7852

Copyright © 2021 · Divine theme by Restored 316

Copyright © 2021 Winston Prouty

Terms of Service · Privacy Policy