Child Care

The County of Middlesex offers a Fee Subsidy Program that is intended to help eligible families with the cost of their childcare expenses. The program helps families by paying a portion of the childcare cost to the childcare centre.

You may be eligible for childcare fee subsidy if:

• You have children aged 0-12 years
• You are a resident of Middlesex County
• You are working or attending school
• You have a referral from a professional who is recommending childcare

Families must submit a childcare application and all required documents to the childcare department where it will be reviewed. Once reviewed and if eligible, families will be contacted by telephone for an appointment. The Fee Subsidy Program is a provincially mandated program with capped funding and currently the demand for subsidy is higher than the dollars provided, so currently the County of Middlesex is in a wait list situation. This means that there are no funds available at this time to place any new children/families.

If deemed eligible, you will be placed on the wait list and when funds become available families will be placed in priority of the wait list.

1. Siblings of child(ren) of eligible families already receiving child care fee subsidy
2. Children whose parent (s) have an annual adjusted family income under $20,000
3. Children who parent (s) have an annual adjusted family income under $30,000
4. Children who have been referred to a child care program by a recognized referral agency/physician for developmental reasons
5. Children of eligible families Childcare applications are available at all Middlesex County Childcare Programs.

Application forms are available at the County Building, all Employment Resource Centres located in Strathroy, Glencoe, Parkhill, Lucan and Dorchester or download the Childcare Application Subsidy form (this form can be filled out online and printed or submitted electronically). This information will be sent through a non-secure website and confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.  If this poses an issue, please fax the information to 519-434-9050