The Child Care for Construction program collaborates with other state agencies and community partners to provide financial assistance to help you be successful as an apprentice registered with the State of Oregon.
Child Care for Construction (CCC) Program
In collaboration with the Oregon Business Development Department
Are you an apprentice registered with the State of Oregon in a construction trade (or a new journey worker who completed a registered apprenticeship in the past 5 years)?
Do you have children under the age of 12 (or with special needs under the age of 17) living at home and needing care from someone other than a parent?
Are you spending more than 7% of your household income (e.g. more than $350 if your household monthly income is $5,000 per month or more than $700 if your household income is $10,000 per month)?
If you answered “yes” to these questions, you may qualify for the Child Care for Construction Program through Oregon Business Development and the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Under the CCC program, Oregon provides childcare subsidies to keep your cost for childcare at or below 7% of total household income. This means that if your monthly household income is $10,000,
your
out-of-pocket costs for an eligible childcare provider would be no more than $700 per month.
There is
no maximum household income for this program,
because we are investing in your future as a construction family to help Oregon to meet its economic development and infrastructure needs.
Eligible childcare providers may be a licensed childcare facility or an approved ‘family, friend, or neighbor.’ Requirements for a ‘family, friend, or neighbor’ are set by the Department of Early Learning and Care and can be found here:
ODOT-BOLI Highway Construction Workforce Development Program
In collaboration with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
We provide support to help you be successful as an apprentice in highway construction trades.
Are you in a carpenter, cement mason, inside electrician, ironworker, laborer, operating engineer or painter program? If so, you may benefit from the ODOT-BOLI Highway Construction Workforce Development Program.
Hardship Assistance– contact the Training Director, Coordinator, or representatives from your Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) for information and referral for hardship assistance. Hardship assistance may be available for destabilizing events that impact you (e.g., breakdown in your primary vehicle for work) or your family (including separation, divorce, domestic violence, or death in the family). It may also be available for state emergencies declared by the Governor that impact you or your family.
Respectful Workplaces – BOLI is committed to assuring that apprentices registered with the State of Oregon have safe and supportive worksites and related training classrooms. If you experience any discrimination, harassment, or abuse, call your JATC Apprenticeship Committee’s designated EEO official or Coordinator immediately. For more information about your rights as a registered apprentice read our
Equal Employment Opportunity in Registered Apprenticeship poster.
In addition, ODOT and BOLI are working with the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at the Oregon Health and Science University to develop and implement a Respectful Workplace Initiative.For more information about this initiative visit:
For details and assistance with the application process, contact Penny at 503‐205‐4769 or penny.painter@akana.us.
- Any apprentice in a targeted trade may apply for support based on need for child care. However, if you are in a construction trade that is not targeted for highway construction, refer to the Child Care for Construction (CCC) program above.
- Payment amount will be based on how much you can afford to pay (based on an affordability measure of 7% of household income) with subsidies paying the rest.
- Payments will be made directly to your childcare provider as long as you are registered as an apprentice in good standing (e.g., working as an apprentice or attending required training).
- Eligible providers must be either licensed in Oregon (or WA) or be an approved license-exempt provider on the registry maintained by the Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) Child Care Subsidy Program.
- Child Care Subsidies cover 100% of your child care costs with an eligible provider up to the Exit limit for Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) without regard to any waiting list. After that, subsidies are based on keeping your out-of-pocket costs affordable based on a percentage of your household income (up to 7% of household income).
- To learn more about how “Oregon Child Care in Oregon is Saving the Construction Trade” click here.
- First year apprentices or those dispatched to a bridge or highway project can apply.
- If you travel more than 60 miles to a jobsite for work or to a classroom for apprenticeship training, you may apply for fuel assistance at 50% of the current federal rate.
- A total maximum of $1,000 per apprentice without completing a BOLI-approved budget class, which will increase to a total maximum of $1,500 per apprentice upon verified completion of a BOLI approved budget class.
- First Year Apprentice or dispatched to a bridge or highway project can apply.
- If you are required to travel more than 60 miles and incur overnight expenses for work, you may apply for lodging and meal allowance assistance if not receiving it from your employer. (meal allowance - only paid when staying in a commercial facility).
- Lodging assistance is calculated at approx. 100% of federal GSA rate, minus any lodging assistance provided by other sources, with a maximum of $1500.00 per apprentice in a commercial facility (hotel/motel).
- Meal allowance is calculated at the federal GSA rate, minus any meal assistance provided by other sources, with a $250.00 maximum which can increase to $500 per apprentice upon completing a BOLI-approved nutrition class.
- First Year Apprentice or dispatched to a bridge or highway project can apply.
- If you are being dispatched or are currently working, you may apply for assistance to purchase required basic tools and/or PPE.
- Tool & PPE maximum is $600.00 per apprentice, which can increase to $650 upon completing a BOLI-approved budget class.
- One‐on‐one career counseling and/or budget workshop training
- Support/advocate and mentoring for work related concerns
- Referrals for other services (E.g., social services, continuing education)
- The food you bring to a job site is an important addition to your toolbox. We can teach you how to use it through our free online training.
- You can learn about why nutrition matters, eating a well-balanced diet, shopping on a budget, reading labels, healthy packing and snacking, hydration, food safety on the job, and much more.
- To learn more and take the training click here.