Child Care Subsidy Information for Providers

Rules

• 10-148, Ch. 6 – Child Care Subsidy Program Rules (PDF)
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  • Kinyarwanda
  • Lingala
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Swahili

Documents and Information

• ARPA Transition Grant Memo 05222023
• QRIS Reimbursement Memo
• Transition Grants and Salary Supplement Memo 01.19.2023 (PDF)
• Early Care and Education Provider Health Insurance Webinar
• Release of Information
• ARPA Discretionary CCSP Incentive 11.28.2022
• ARPA New Facility Stipend Memo 11.15.2022
• Transitioning into Kindergarten - Educators & Providers
• Information on the Child Care Background Check Process
• Federal Fiscal Year 2019-2021 Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan (PDF)
• Child Care in Disasters and Emergency Plan (PDF)
• Notice of State Plan Public Hearing (Word)
• State Plan Public Comment and Department Responses
• CCSP Infant/Toddler Initiatives
• Child and Adult Food Program
• Child Care Subsidy Program Reimbursement Initiatives
• September 15, 2022 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Provider Transition Grants
• June 15, 2022, Child Care Subsidy Program Parent Fee Waiver Update
• June 1, 2022, Stipend for Recreational Programs to Become Licensed Child Care Facilities
• September 16, 2021, Reimbursement Memo
  • Reimbursement Memo Arabic
  • Reimbursement Memo Kinyarwanda
  • Reimbursement Memo Lingala
  • Reimbursement Memo Spanish
  • Reimbursement Memo Swahili
  • Reimbursement Memo Portuguese
• August 4,2021 Stipend for Newly Licensed Family Child Care Providers
  • ARPA FCC Stipend Memo Arabic 
  • ARPA FCC Stipend Memo Kinyarwanda
  • ARPA FCC Stipend Memo Lingala
  • ARPA FCC Stipend Memo Portuguese
  • ARPA FCC Stipend Memo Spanish
  • ARPA FCC Stipend Memo Swahili
• Child Care Subsidy Flyer for Families
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  • Portuguese
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• Child Care Subsidy Flyer for Providers
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  • French
  • Haitian Creole
  • Khmer
  • Lingala
  • Portuguese
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
• Child Care Provider Agreement
  • Licensed Child Care
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    • Lingala
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
    • Swahili
  • Licensed-Exempt Child Care Provider
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    • Lingala
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
    • Swahili
  • Relative Licensed-Exempt Child Care Provider
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    • Lingala
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
    • Swahili
• Reimbursement Memo
  • English
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  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Portuguese
• Market Rate
  • 2021 Market Rate Survey Final Report (PDF) 
  • Maine Child Care Market Rate 7/3/21 (PDF)
  • 2018 Market Rate Survey Report (PDF)
  • 2018 Market Rate

Child Care Subsidy Billing

• CCSP Invoice Login
• Payment Schedule
• Billing Directions
  • Provider Billing Directions Arabic
  • Provider Billing Directions  Kinyarwanda
  • Provider Billing Directions Lingala
  • Provider Billing Directions Portuguese
  • Provider Billing Directions Spanish
  • Provider Billing Directions Swahili

Child Care Subsidy Program Contacts

Contact us using the link Below

CCSP.DHHS@maine.gov

Toll Free 1-877-680-5866 or 624-7999
Fax 287-6308

Financial Resources Specialist for Androscoggin County

Erika Cloutier
Tel: 624-7933
e-mail: Erika.Cloutier@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist for Knox, Lincoln, Hancock, Franklin, Sagadahoc, Somerset, and Aroostook Counties

Randy Whitman
Tel: (207) 624-7943
e-mail:  Randy.Whitman@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist for Kennebec County

Patti Shellenbarger
Tel: (207) 624-7995
e-mail: Patti.Shellenbarger@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist for  Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Waldo Counties

Effie Harding
Tel: (207) 624-7906
e-mail Effie.Harding@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist for Cumberland County

Ashley Batchelder
Tel: (207) 624-7981
e-mail: Ashley.Batchelder@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist for York, Oxford, and Washington Counties

Glenna Belanger
Tel: (207) 624-7929
e-mail Glenna.Belanger@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist

Vickie Bussey
Tel: (207) 624-7909
e-mail: Vickie.bussey@maine.gov

Financial Resources Specialist- Support Services

Althea Lathrop
Tel: (207) 624-7988
e-mail Althea.m.lathrope@maine.gov

QRIS

Amber Taurasi
Tel: (207) 626-8684
e-mail: Amber.taurasi@maine.gov

Associate Director of Children’s Developmental and Behavioral Health Services

Elissa Wynne
Tel: (207) 624-7971
e-mail: Elissa.M.Wynne@maine.gov

Child Care Program Manager

Crystal Arbour
Tel: (207) 626-8683
e-mail: Crystal.Arbour@maine.gov

Child Care Subsidy Supervisor

Kerri Wyman
Tel: (207) 626-8660
e-mail: Kerri.Wyman@maine.gov