Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS)

Participating colleges use federal CCAMPIS grants to help low-income student parents obtain campus-based or affiliated licensed child care while pursuing a postsecondary credential.

Low-income student parent at a college operating a CCAMPIS project

Entitlement facts

Benefit type: Government benefit. A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route. Taxonomy definition →
What it unlocks: Locally designed child-care access or subsidies that can include infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, before- or after-school, drop-in, extended-hours, weekend, or summer care, along with parent supports offered by the grantee.
Who qualifies: Low-income student parent at a college operating a CCAMPIS project
Requirements: The parent must attend a college with an active CCAMPIS project and meet its enrollment, academic progress, family, child-age, schedule, residence, and income rules. Federal participant eligibility centers on low-income parents eligible for a Pell Grant, including some otherwise Pell-eligible students who exhausted awards; the campus verifies eligibility and prioritizes limited slots or subsidies.
How to activate: Ask the college's child-care center, student-parent office, financial-aid office, or student-services office whether an active CCAMPIS project exists, then apply directly for its care slot or subsidy with Pell or low-income, enrollment, child, and schedule documentation.
Cost basis: Variable by provider or eligibility. The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.
Cost and fees: CCAMPIS can make care free or subsidized, but projects may use a sliding fee scale and have waitlists, hour limits, eligible-provider rules, copays, or uncovered care. A student cannot apply to the federal grant directly, and support is unavailable at colleges without an active award.
Geography: US, Participating college campuses and approved affiliated child-care providers
Personalization: Published eligibility is not described as individually targeted.

EVIDENCE / 1 SOURCE

Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

Check the provider's final terms immediately before applying, depositing funds, spending, or changing a paid relationship.

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MACHINE RECORD

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Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS)

Entitlement facts

Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

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