The Trust Fund plans to distribute over $61,000 during this plan year

across eligible Postdoc employees for their childcare costs.

 

The basic eligibility requirements are:

 

1) Applicants must be eligible Postdoc employees working at least 20 hours per week.

 

2) Eligible childcare includes:

 

• state-licensed (or equivalent) infant, toddler, or preschool care in center based                                                                                            and group home-based settings

• before and after-school based care 

• summer camp

• organizational/center based extracurricular activities (i.e. excludes private lessons)

• tutoring, homework assistance and online instructional programming costs for school-aged children

• Family, Friends and Neighbor (FFN) informal care (limited by a lower $3000 per child per plan year maximum)

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Licensed care means that the State of Massachusetts' Office of Early Education & Care (or comparable state office in another state) has provided a license to your provider to operate. The state publishes a list of licensed providers. Please check with your provider if they are not on this list, as some are exempt under the EEC guidelines. 

 

There is also a $6,000 per child (for whom receipts are submitted) annual cap on the amount a family can be reimbursed. The full eligibility requirements and guidelines for how we determine childcare reimbursements are available below.

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There is a separate $3,000 per child (for whom receipts are submitted) annual maximum on Family, Friends and Neighbors (FFN) Informal Care receipts.