Through the Scholarship Program, DEPC helps low-income working parents, teenage moms, college students and disabled or homeless parents with children birth - 3 or a sibling with assistance in paying for quality child care. Parents are required to complete eight hours of parent education/involvement per year and must pay a portion of their income as a daily rate to their provider and the scholarship will cover the rest of the cost for child care at the 4 or 5 star licensed center or home.

The More at Four Program (MAF) prepares at-risk four year-olds for success in school. Utilizing classroom instruction for 6 or 6 1/2 hours per day in public schools, Head Start, and 4 or 5 star private child care centers, this 10-month program is based on financial need and the child's past experience in early educational settings. MAF serves un-served or under-served children, military families with children who will be age 4 on or before August 31 of the current school term.