Legislatively Enacted RSA 126A:17
Welcome
The Child Care Advisory Council is established pursuant to RSA 126-A:17 within the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. The Council consists of voting and nonvoting members and serves as the official advisory body on child care matters in the State of New Hampshire.
The Council is designated as the advisory body for the federally funded Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and may serve as an advisory body or coordinating entity for other federally funded child care programs.
The NHCCAC shall include representation from the child care community, child care consumers and others with knowledge of and interest in child care services. The NHCCAC will seek to acquire a membership which is representative of the economic, cultural, and geographic diversity of New Hampshire.
Our Purpose
Who We Are
The purpose of the New Hampshire Child Care Advisory Council (NHCCAC) is to support the development of quality, affordable child care statewide, and provide a forum for the gathering and dissemination of information among groups concerned with child care and related services, to advise and make recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services on general policies and legislation regarding child care, and to inform and communicate with the Office of the Governor and the Commissioner of the Department of Education.
NH Child Care Scholarship Program
NH Child Care Scholarship Program reduces the cost of child care for Granite State families, so they can put more of their household’s income toward family needs like housing, food, nourishing childhood experiences, and more.
Enrolling to accept Child Care Scholarship provides a stable, enrollment-based source of income to support programming and contributes to overall staff satisfaction by knowing that the families in their care have greater financial security.
Now that Child Care Scholarship eligibility has expanded, more Granite State families qualify, including child care providers themselves.
The NH Child Care Scholarship Program helps eligible New Hampshire families pay for child care by providing direct payments to qualified early childhood and out-of-school time providers for children under the age of 13 years old (through 17 years for children with disabilities).
Thank you to our funding partners!
