Child Care Access Grants

If a family identifies as experiencing homelessness on the Child Care Assistance Program application, their application will be processed within five business days without required verifications. Families experiencing homelessness are exempt from child care assistance activity requirements for three months to allow the family to search for housing or meet other basic needs.

The Child Care Assistance Program defines a household as homeless if they lack a fixed, adequate nighttime residence. This includes but is not limited to families living in transitional housing, shelters, cars, outside and public spaces, motels and families doubling up due to loss of housing, hardship, or other reasons.

When filling out the Child Care Assistance Program application, families experiencing homelessness should select one of the following for their living situation: 

• Place not meant for housing (anywhere outside, a vehicle, and abandoned building or bus/train/airport)
• Family/friends due to economic hardship
• Hotel or motel
• Emergency shelter

If the Living Situation is answered as “Unknown” or “Declined”, the family is not eligible for expedited child care. The living situation reported on the CCAP application by the family is used to determine whether the family is experiencing homelessness. To benefit from these revised policies, it is essential that families select this option on their application if eligible.

1068 Payne Ave. 

Saint Paul, MN 55130 

Geographic Area(s) Served: Ramsey County, Carver County, Scott County, Dakota County, Hennepin County, Washington County, and Anoka County

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1900 Chicago Avenue 

Minneapolis, MN 55404

Geographic Area(s) Served: Minneapolis

https://avivomn.org/

1165 Arcade Street
Saint Paul, MN 55106
651-772-5555

Counties served: Ramsey
https://face2face.org/

891 Belsly Blvd.
Moorhead, MN 56560
218-512-1500

Counties served: Clay, Wilkin
https://caplp.org/

2485 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
1-800-582-5260

Counties served: Anoka, Benton, Carver, Crow Wing, Dakota, Hennepin, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Washington, Wright
https://www.lssmn.org/

1125 West River Road
Detroit Lakes, MN 56502
218-847-1385

Counties served: Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Grant, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Morrison, Polk, Pope, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wilkins
https://mahube.org/

700 Humboldt Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-374-0701 (languages available in Hmong, Oromo, Somali, and Spanish)

Counties served: Hennepin
https://www.picaheadstart.org/

614 South 3rd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-332-4500

Counties served: Hennepin
https://www.peopleservingpeople.org/

1210 - 23rd Avenue South
Waite Park, MN 56387
320-251-1612 or 1-888-765-5597

Counties served: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns
https://tricap.org/

1400 South Saratoga Street
Marshall, MN 56258
507-537-1416 

Counties served: Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock
https://www.unitedcapmn.org/