To become an eligible provider and recieve funding from WSCT Child Care Services, your child care facilities meet these requirements:

1. Have a current license with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

• All licensed facilities have published standards they are required to follow and are routinely monitored and inspected. 
• The application process requires that the operation provider complete an orientation and pass background checks. A license is issued after the licensing staff completes on-site inspection(s) to ensure minimum standards are met.
• Licensed facilities are inspected at least once every 12 months and to investigate reports alleging violations.

For more information on child care regulations & standards, visit the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services website.

2. Be a Licensed Child Care Center (LCCC), a Licensed Child Care Home (LCCH), a Registered Child Care Home (RCCH), a youth camp licensed by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), or be operated and monitored by the United States military services.

• Please visit the TWC website for detailed provider program information. 
• Click here to read more about Texas School Ready Eligibility and Application Procedures

3. Be in Compliance with State and Federal Programs

• The provider cannot currently be on corrective or adverse action with child care regulations.
• The provider or any staff member cannot be in serious non-compliance, seriously deficient by, or debarred from either state or federal programs such as the child food and nutrition program.