Temporary Child Care Voucher Program

On March 3, 2021, the School Board approved funding for a Temporary Child Care Voucher Program.

Description & Eligibility

The district recognizes that the transition to a hybrid instructional model means some students will split their time between in-person learning and remote learning. At the same time, many district staff members will be required to work in schools and will be unable to supervise children in their home.

To support employees who have school-aged child care costs directly related to their assigned work schedule, the district is offering a temporary child care voucher program for eligible 4J staff. This benefit is intended to support employees who are required to work in 4J buildings and will be unable to provide supervision to their child, age 5 to 12 years, on their child’s remote learning days.

Eligible Employees & Qualifying Expenses

To be eligible to participate in the child care voucher program:

1. Employees must be in a benefits-eligible position and must work in a position for which teleworking is not an option (for example, teachers and EAs who are assigned to work on-site during hybrid instruction).
2. The reimbursable child care costs incurred must be for the employee’s child, step-child or foster child who:
   1. Lives with the employee;
   2. Is between 5 to 12 years of age; and
   3. Is enrolled in the hybrid model of learning in grades K through 6.
3. The child care cost must be incurred for care when the child has a remote learning day and the parent is working on-site.
4. The employee’s spouse/domestic partner (if applicable) is unable to provide care during the student’s “remote learning” days due to the spouse’s employment or medical condition.

The purpose of this program is to avoid staff absences related to child care and associated substitute staffing costs, and to maintain continuity of program operations through existing staff working on-site who are unable to provide care for their own child. Applications and reimbursement requests that do not promote this purpose will not be granted.

The full overview of the program can be found by clicking here.

If you have any questions please reach out to the Human Resources team at HR_ChildCare@4j.lane.edu.

Application

You can submit an application by completing the google form here.  Please note that you will need to be logged into your 4J google account in order to access this survey.  If you do not remember how to sign out of your personal account and into your 4J account click here for instructions.

Child Care Resources

Some community child care resources are listed on a google doc that can be accessed by clicking here.

Reimbursement Form

The monthly reimbursement form can be found by clicking here.