አዲስ ወላጆች ከመንግስት የሚሰጣቸውን ጥቅማ ጥቅሞች ሊጠቀሙባቸው ይገባል።የሚከተሉት ጠቃሚ መረጃዎች ወላጆች በትምህርት ፤ በጤና እና በልጅ እንክብካቤ ከመንግስት የሚያገኙትን ድጎማ ያሳያሉ።በማስፈንጠሪያዎቹ በመግባት የድጎማዎቹን ዝርዝር እና ማመልከቻ ማግኘት ይቻላል።
1.Head Start and Early Start
Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children’s growth in many areas such as language, literacy, and social and emotional development. Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher. These programs help build relationships with families that support family well-being and many other important areas.
Many Head Start programs also provide Early Head Start, which serves infants, toddlers, and pregnant women and their families who have incomes below the Federal poverty level.
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/programs/article/early-head-start-programs
2. Child Care and Development Fund
The Child Care and Development Fund provides assistance to low-income families who need child care due to work, work-related training and/or attending school.
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a parent or primary caregiver responsible for children under the age of 13 years of age, or under 19 if incapable of self-care or under court supervision who needs assistance paying for childcare; and must also characterize your financial situation as low income or very low income. In order to qualify you must also be either employed or in some States enrolled in a training or education program.
3.Child Care Resource and Referral Services
Local Child Care Resource and Referral Organizations help parents locate and choose quality child care by providing referrals to local child care providers, information on state licensing requirements, availability of child care subsidies, and other information.
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a parent or primary caregiver responsible for children under the age of 19 years or responsible for a child(ren) with a disability.
The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program helps provide vaccines to children whose parents or guardians may not be able to afford them. This helps ensure that all children have a better chance of getting their recommended vaccinations on schedule.
A child is eligible for the VFC program if he or she is younger than 19 years of age and is one of the following:
- Medicaid-eligible
- Uninsured
- Underinsured [1]
- American Indian or Alaska Native
Children whose health insurance covers the cost of vaccinations are not eligible for VFC vaccines, even when a claim for the cost of the vaccine and its administration would be denied for payment by the insurance carrier because the plan’s deductible had not been met.
If something is not covered under VFC check your state’s immunization program.
5.Nutrition Help for Your Family
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, referrals, and access to health and social services, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
To be eligible for this benefit program, applicants must live in the state in which they apply and be one of the following:
- Pregnant, or
- Breastfeeding, or
- Postpartum, or
- A child 5 years old or younger.
A person who participates or has family members who participate in certain other benefit programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, or TANF, automatically meets the income eligibility requirement.
Visit the WIC Income Eligibility Requirements page for additional information, including income requirements for Alaska and Hawaii.
