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Sliding Fee Scale

Get help paying for services based on your income. Incomes at 125% of the poverty level get a full discount, with smaller discounts (down to 10%) as income rises to 200% of the poverty level.

Sliding Fee Scale

Get help paying for services based on your income. If your income is 125% of the 2025 poverty level or lower, you can get a full discount. As income increases, discounts decrease in 10% steps, down to a 10% discount for incomes at 200% of the poverty level.

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Client Handbook

Your health and safety are our top priorities. This handbook explains our services and how we support you with care and respect.

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For Contracted Providers - Training

Comprehensive user guides and training on myAvatar and the Electronic Health Record. 

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Child Care Assistance Program

This program helps cover the monthly cost of child care for qualifying working families or families in training or education programs by directly paying their child care providers. Note: the program pays providers 10% more when caring for children with special needs.

Learn more about the Child Care Assistance Program


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Working Parents Child Care Relief Pilot Program

This cost-sharing program provides state funds matched with employer child care benefits for families with young children up to three years of age.

Learn more about the Working Parents Child Care Relief Pilot Program

Key workplace supports

Along with offering benefits and providing information about available assistance, there are many different solutions employers can consider to support working parents.

North Dakota Infant Friendly Workplace: Merging Motherhood & Work

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WORKPLACE BREASTFEEDING

Lean into a best practice for new moms by making sure your workplace supports breastfeeding moms. Be proactive in sharing your policies on taking breaks at work to pump breast milk and make sure new moms know you have private places set aside for them to pump.

Learn how your business can become an Infant Friendly Workplace


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INFANTS IN THE WORKPLACE

After maternity and paternity leave ends, some businesses allow new parents to bring their infants to the workplace.


DEPENDENT CARE FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS

Promote the powerful impact that tax savings can have on employees who run their child care expenses through your company's Flexible Spending Account program. 


Other ideas employers can consider

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SCHEDULE CONSIDERATIONS

Exploring schedule options for working parents can help ensure parents have reliable child care available when they are scheduled to work. Some working parents may benefit from fixed schedule while others may find that a flexible schedule works better with their child care options. Considering scheduling options can help businesses maintain staffing needs.


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PAID LEAVE

Offer paid family leave as a benefit in addition to annual leave, sick time and holidays.

 


Backup child care

Provide employees an allowance that they can use for child care when their primary caregiver is temporarily unavailable or their child is sick.


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Contracting/collaborating with local providers

Contract with a local child care facility to allocate spots for employees.


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Provide child care for up to 10 children in the building where parents work. Learn more about starting worksite child care here.

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Open the door to conversation. Normalize employee discussions about child care considerations.

Where working parents can find quality child care

Parents can search for a licensed, quality early childhood program here. This free online search tool provides customized results based on criteria like location, hours of operation and ages served. This checklist is also a great tool that employees can use when looking for child care. 

Personalized help is available through ND’s Child Care Resource and Referral by calling 1-800-997-8515 or by emailing referral@ndchildcare.org.

Supporting working parents of children who have developmental delays

Some working parents have concerns about their child’s development. North Dakota Early Intervention Services can help identify infants and young children (from birth to age three) who have developmental delays at a stage of life when getting the right help can make all the difference. Parents can learn more about Early Intervention Services by contacting a local regional human service center and talking to the Developmental Disabilities team. Regional human service centers can be found at here.