Assistance Finding and Paying for Child Care
Child Care Assistance and Referral
Financial assistance for child care to low and moderate income families who are working, or who are in education/training programs and need assistance with paying for the cost of child care.
Child Care Program Options
Importance of Choosing Regulated Child Care *
* Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination in all county programs, services and activities. To request reasonable accommodations or to receive this information in an alternate format, call 703-324-8100 or TTY 711.
- Fairfax County Permitted Family Child Care Providers
- Virginia State Licensed Center-Based and Family Child Care Programs
- Head Start/Early Head Start
- School Age Child Care (SACC)
Other Family Resources
- Children Ages Birth to Five
- Helping Your Child Love to Learn is a publication of Fairfax Futures, a nonprofit organization supporting young children’s school readiness, that provides helpful information for families and educators supporting young children’s school readiness.
- Early Education Resources
- School Age Children
- School Age Children Resources
- View the Tapping into Technology publication.
- Financial Assistance
- Child Care Assistance and Referral financial assistance for child care to low and moderate income Fairfax County families who are working, or who are in education/training programs and need assistance with paying for the cost of child care.
- Financial and Medical Assistance and Employment and Training Access eligibility and application information related to Medicaid, Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and assistance paying fuel bills.
- Health
- Fairfax County Health Department provides information about required childhood immunizations, health and dental services for children.
- Healthy Families Fairfax provides home-based parenting education, health information and referrals to community support for families at high risk for abuse and neglect.
- Head Start provides information about mental health, oral health, nutrition guidance and other aspects of young children’s healthy development.