Alternative Payment
Family Enrollment Process
Families are enrolled in the AP program either through the San Diego County Centralized Eligibility List (CEL) or because they are transferred from the county.CEL Enrollment
The following steps comprise CEL enrollment:- A family's application becomes eligible from the CEL in rank order.
- The family receives a phone call, a letter in the mail, or an e-mail indicating that their application is eligible.
- The family attends an intake appointment.
At the intake appointment, the family submits:
- Income and need documentation
- Birth certificates for all children in the home under 18 years of age
- Immunization records (non-school-age children with an exempt-from-licensing provider)
- Physician's report (non-school-age children with an exempt-from-licensing provider)
- Medical insurance card copies or number
- Proof of child's residency in San Diego County
- Valid ID/driver's license
- Proof of child support case and/or the location of an absent parent
- Eligibility requirements
- Any additional required forms
- Complete agency documentation
- Notification of child care provider
The family completes a provider agreement before their application is approved.
County Transfers
The following steps comprise a county transfer:- The family is deemed stable by a County Welfare-to-Work Employment Case Manager.
- The family receives a phone call and letter confirming that the child care case was transferred.
- The county submits the income and need verification.
- The family must return the intake packet that is mailed with the required documents by the due date.
- The family attends an intake appointment within six months of transfer.
- The family completes a provider agreement within one month.
Reach the AP Intake Unit at 619.521.3055 x2541 or apintake@ymcacrs.org.
Alternative Payment
(AP) is a parent choice program. Enrolled families can choose any licensed or
exempt from licensing child care provider that best meets the educational and
developmental needs of their child(ren).
The AP program will pay the child care provider directly. If an AP parent has chosen you as their child care provider, the parent must contact their Case Manager to begin the process.