Connecting Families to Quality Child Care Resources
For Families
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Eligible families can receive help paying for child care. Financial help may be provided for low and moderate-income working parents and parents attending school.
For Providers
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Attention Child Care Providers: Please complete the 2026 Child Care Market Rate Survey to help us accurately reflect current industry standards.
Your participation in this survey is critical for the State of New Jersey to help inform policy recommendations for setting provider payment rates for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Select your provider type to participate in the survey (to ensure a seamless user experience, please clear your browser history before you begin the survey):
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Licensed Child Care Center (Complete a separate survey for each site location.)
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Family Child Care Provider (Select English or Spanish from the menu in the top right corner before starting the survey. Seleccione inglés o español en el menú de la esquina superior derecha antes de comenzar la encuesta.)​
For more information, review the email you received from your Child Care Resource & Referral agency or visit the ChildCareNJ.gov Reports and Statistics page. If you have any questions, please email DFD-MarketRateStudy@dhs.nj.gov.
Thank you,
NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development
