Reimbursement Options

Tier I Reimbursements

A Tier I reimbursement rate is paid when:

• Providers are located within a low-income geographic area (defined by census tract block group or elementary school district boundaries).
• Providers do not live in a low-income area, but are low income themselves.
• Providers don’t qualify based on where they live or their own income, but can demonstrate the families they serve are low income.

Tier II Reimbursements

A Tier II reimbursement rate is paid when:

• Providers do not meet the Tier I criteria above and whose daycare children are not low income.
• Providers do not want to furnish their own income information.
• Providers do not want to have their child care parents complete an eligibility application or whose parents did not return the application.

Mixed Tier I & II

If eligibility is based on applications from the parents, some providers may receive Tier I reimbursement rates for some children and Tier II rates for others.