Providers may be eligible for an increased Compensation Support Payment award if they serve children of families with low incomes, as documented through payments they recently received from the Child Care Assistance Program or the Early Learning Scholarship program, or if they are located in a Child Care Access Equity Area. Programs that meet one or more of these criteria will receive a 10% bonus.
The below example applies to licensed centers, certified centers, licensed family child care providers, and Tribally licensed programs.
Example:
A 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) calculation is the business days in month x 6.4 hours per day.
If a month has 23 business days: 1.0 FTE for the month = 23 business days x 6.4 hours per day = 147 hours. The number of business days in a month varies month to month.
Compensation Support Payments formula
|
Hours for month |
FTE calculation |
FTE |
| Child Care Worker 1 |
220 |
220 divided by 147 |
1.5 |
| Child Care Worker 2 |
100 |
100 divided by 147 |
0.7 |
| Total |
|
|
2.2 |
A worker full-time equivalent (FTE) calculation: hours worked in the month divided by 1.0 FTE for the month
Base award amount calculation: total FTEs x $ per FTE
- 2.2 total FTEs x $375 per FTE = $825.00
10% bonus calculation: total FTEs x $ per FTE x 0.1
- 2.2 total FTEs x $375 per FTE x 0.1 = $82.50
- **To qualify for the 10% bonus, providers must have received Child Care Assistance Program or Early Learning Scholarship payments during the lookback period, or be located in an Access Equity Area.**
Total award amount calculation: base award amount + bonus
- $825 base award amount + $82.50 bonus = $907.50
