Huron County Job & Family Services

Each child care provider has daily sign in sheets and the parent is asked to sign their child/children in and out. It is the parent's responsibility to check the monthly billing forms before signing them to see that the sign in sheets agree with the time on the billing forms. If the parent and provider still cannot agree on the times the children were watched the parent should contact the Huron County Human Department of Job and Family Services' Child Care Unit for assistance.

Huron County Department of Job and Family Services provides assistance paying for child care for children until their 13th birthday per Ohio Department of Human Services Child Care Rules..

In accordance with Ohio Department of Human Services Child Care Rules a provider can only be paid for a maximum of 12 hours of care per day. More can be approved based on the situtation

It is possible for Huron County Department of Job and Family Services to pay for a limited amount of sleep time (4 hours per day). This decision is made on a case by case basis and you should contact the Child Care Unit about this. It may be necessary to use 2 providers if your child would need more than 12 hours of care under these circumstances.

Huron County Department of Job and Family Services can only pay for child care if you are working, going to school, or participating in the JOBS First program. If you are job hunting and not participating in this program we can not pay for your child care. We cannot pay for child care for you to keep medical or legal appointments, grocery shopping, etc. If you need child care for these occasions, you must make arrangements with your provider to pay her privately for this care.

You are responsible for your co-payment regardless of the number of days or hours your have used child care services in the month. If the cost of child care for the month is less than your co-payment you pay the actual cost of care to your provider.

If you are interested in being certified as a Child Care Provider you should contact the Child Care Unit of Huron County Department of Job and Family Services. We have informational meetings monthly where the application process will be explained and you will receive the necessary application or the application is available from this website. The average length of time for certification as a Type B Child Care Home is 6 weeks. The length of time for certification depends on how quickly your get all of the necessary information (fingerprint cards, medical statement, references, etc.) submitted to us. After we receive this information form you we will send the fingerprints to the state and inquiries to your references. After we have received all necessary information and the references back we will contact you to set up a time to come out and inspect your home.

At the present time Huron County Department of Job and Family Services does not pay for a provider to come into your home to care for your children.

Huron County Department of Job and Family Services has contracts with most of the child care centers in Huron County and many others in the surrounding area. See the Child Care Provider Locator link for a listing of these centers.