How to Register:
Healthy Kids online registration is available through the Playground App for the 2024-25 school year. To start the registration process, please visit https://www.healthykidsprograms.com/locations. This will take you to our list of locations, where you will find a link to learn more and register for your specific location. Once you click the button to register, you will be taken into Playground, our family app. You will be asked to create an account, and then it will take you through the registration form and allow you to pay the registration fee. Once your form is submitted, please allow our team 48 hours to review your registration and share any additional paperwork through the Playground portal. Once all paperwork is submitted and reviewed, you will receive a confirmation email.
2024-25 Registration Fees:
$25.00 per child with a maximum of $50.00 for families who have more than 2 children
2024-25 Kindergarten-12 Years Monthly Tuition Rates:
For Chase, Cooke and Rutherford
Before School Program 7:00am drop off
5 Days per week: $233 per month
After School Program 6:00pm pick up
This year the after-school program for K-12 years will be partially subsidized for the first 148 children to enroll
5 Days per week: $212 per month for the first 148 students
5 Days per week: $345 per month for any student after 148
Pre-K Monthly Tuition Rates:
22 St John Street
Before School Program 7:00am drop off
5 Days per week: $256 per month
After School Program 6:00pm pick up
5 Days per week: $380 per month
Payment Due Date:
Payments are due on the 15th of each month for the following month’s tuition (i.e. August 15th for the month of September) and are based on a full-year price that takes into consideration Holidays, school breaks, and no school days therefore we do not give credits for days the program is not in session.
Financial Assistance is Available:
The increased rates are attributable to a reduction in New York State Empire Program Funding. In the past, these funds have made it possible for the district to more fully subsidize the cost of the extended day program, but given the reductions in aid, it is no longer sustainable for the district to do so.
Although the Empire funding has decreased, the state has increased funding to expand access to childcare, including significantly raising the income level eligibility for families to receive financial assistance for childcare. This assistance can be used to offset the tuition costs of the Healthy Kids Extended Day program.
Updated Income Levels:
Family of 2 $73,869.56 annual income
Family of 3 $91,250.63 annual income
Family of 4 $108,631.70 annual income
Family of 5 $126,012.77 annual income
How to Apply for Assistance:
Families currently receiving public assistance or SNAP should contact their caseworker to apply for childcare benefits. Families who are not currently receiving public assistance or SNAP can visit Sullivan County Child Care Council, or call (845) 292-7166 or email apittaluga@scchildcare.com to begin the application process.
After submitting an application, you will need to provide:
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Photo identification of all adults in the household (license, passport, NYS identification card, etc.)
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Birth certificate or social security card for all children in the household
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8 weeks current and consecutive pay stubs for all adults in the household (or employment verification letter stating company name, your name, date of hire, rate of pay, days of week worked, signed and dated by employer)
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Proof of residency – NYSEG Bill OR statement from homeowner/renter stating location of housing and who resides in the household. The statement must be signed and dated
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Proof of education for all school-aged children
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Child support/ custody documentation (if applicable)
Please contact the Sullivan County Child Council or the Healthy Kids Subsidy Team at subsidy@healthykidsprograms.com or 845-330-0200 with any questions about the childcare subsidy.
For more information on registering for the program, please contact Healthy Kids at registration@healthykidsprograms.com or 845-330-0200.