Daycare Cost Calc Find local costs

A childcare budget tool

Childcare subsidy income check.

Compare your income with published state limits and find the application.

Your details

All amounts in USD

Care cost prefilled from Lowndes County. Edit it to match your quote.

Source 2022 · CPI adjusted to August 2026

Your household

The federal published table covers sizes 3 and 4. Other sizes: use the state application.

Use gross countable income. Your state decides what income counts.

Income comparison uses the January 2025 federal table. This checks a published threshold, not current benefit approval. New Mexico’s universal-care update is shown separately.

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The next step

Make the numbers your own.

Enter your income and confirmed care costs, then calculate to see the result and the steps behind it.

Household income alongside the published state screening limit

What’s included?

Official ACF initial screening limits for families of three and four, from FY 2025–2027 plans submitted in 2024. We identify the publication date and link to current applications.

Copays, assets, work or school activity, local rules and funding are not decided by this tool.

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