Child Care Services (CCS) Fraud
Reporting Fraud, Theft, Waste or Abuse in a Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Program: State agencies have a duty to prevent, detect, and eliminate the misuse of taxpayer funds. The Texas Labor Code authorizes Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, and program abuse. Waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars will not be tolerated and will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Child Care Management Services
Parents striving to become self-sufficient must have access to dependable quality care. Child Care Associates is the Child Care Management Services (CCMS) Contractor for Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County. Workforce Solutions uses the CCMS program to purchase child care for eligible families in Tarrant County.
The CCMS gives parents flexibility in choosing care for children and encourages all interested child care providers to enter into a provider agreement with CCMS. All providers entering into an agreement must comply with Child Care Regulation (CCR) Licensing requirements.
CCMS provides child care scholarships, an essential employment support service for families in Tarrant County. It helps parents who need assistance paying for child care become self-sufficient. Most CCMS clients are required to contribute to the cost of child care, with their fees being a percentage of the family’s monthly gross income. To see if you might be eligible, check out the eligibility document below or visit their website at https://tarrantcountyccms.org/
Child Care Provider Types
There are three types of child care regulated by the Child Care Regulation (CCR):
- Licensed Child Care Centers
- Licensed Child Care Homes
- Registered Child Care Homes
Always check a child care provider’s inspection record at DFPS’s website.
Relative care is not regulated by CCR but may be an option for eligible families through CCMS.
Texas Workforce Commission’s Child Care Connection (TX3C)
Texas Child Care Connection (TX3C), administered by The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is Texas’ new Child Care Case Management system. TX3C will be a modern, user-friendly, mobile-friendly system. The new system includes: – Mobile device-based attendance tracking (no more swipe cards). You can learn more about this system by clicking the link below.
Choose the Right Provider for Your Family
Child care has become an essential component of life in our society. It can make a significant difference in children’s development. Quality child care will have a positive influence on your child. Child care staff, their relationship with the parents and children, and the environment of the facility are the most important elements in quality child care.
Download and take this checklist with you and use it to help rate every Child Care Facility or Registered Family Home you visit.
Texas Rising Star Overview for Parents
Choosing the right child care program for your family is one of the most important decisions you can make as a parent. All of our child care programs must be Texas Rising Star certified or working towards a certification. The Texas Rising Star certification program is the state of Texas’s quality-rating program for child care programs who participate in the Texas Workforce Commission’s scholarship program.
Child Care Provider Accreditation and Certifications
Child Care providers can volunteer to go above and beyond minimum CCR standards by meeting higher standards through child care certification or accrediting entities such as:
Texas Rising Star Overview for Child Care Providers
The Texas Rising Star Program is a quality-based rating system of child care providers who participate in the Texas Workforce Commission’s scholarship child care program. Please visit texasrisingstar.org/ to learn more about the program.