Waitlist Information

Waitlist Criteria

• The child must be born, to be on the waitlist.
• The person applying for services must have primary custody of the child(ren) needing services. If applicant is not the parent of the child needing services, then applicant must provide the following with the application:
  • Reason the parent is not available, and
  • Paperwork verifying reason parent is not available, and
  • Paperwork verifying that applicant is the person responsible for the child.
  • Paperwork verifying that applicant is the person responsible for the child.
• Child care is required for the parent to work or attend job training or educational program for a combination of at least an average of 25 hours per week for a single-parent family or a total combined 50 hours per week for a dual-parent household. Household members include those that live in the household: parents, step-parents, adult dependents and a child or other minor living in the household who is the responsibility of the parent.
  • If taxes are not taken out of pay or person is paid cash-we consider that person to be self-employed.
  • Families who identify as homeless are exempt from this requirement to apply for services.
  • Families who do not meet the above minimum participation requirements for At-Risk child care eligibility but who are otherwise eligible shall qualify for child care while searching for work.
• Families must live within one of these counties: Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
• Families who owe recoupment, anywhere in Texas, are not eligible to enroll or continue services until the recoupment has been paid in full.

PLEASE NOTE: WAITLIST PURGES EVERY 90 DAYS. IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR SPOT ON THE WAITLIST YOU MUST CONTACT CHILD CARE SERVICES AT 903-526-1105 OR YOU WILL BE CONTACTED EVERY 75 DAYS TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION.