We'll help you pay!
DHCDC offers the only sliding-scale tuition rate on the Peninsula, allowing families to pay based on income and need. This allows you to pay what you can afford, and we'll make up the difference.

What you pay will depend on a variety of factors, such as people who live in the home and sources of income, which will be examined by our program staff. To find out where you family will fall on the scale, please call us.

Please note that our sliding scale starts at age 3!
Younger children are a flat competitive rate by age, due to the cost of providing additional caregivers for infants and toddlers. But you'll still find these rates more affordable than the average commercial child care center—with higher quality for your investment. And before you know it, that sweet baby will be an active 3-year-old...

• Tuition is paid by the week (though you may pay for multiple weeks at once)

• Payments can be made via check or credit card

• You do not need to "qualify" for the sliding scale, as many ask—everybody falls somewhere on it.

• For children under 3, the class is what determines tuition, and not the child's actual age. Your child might turn 2 while still in the 1-year-old class, but her tuition will not decrease until she enters a 2-year-old classroom (where the teacher-child ratio is higher).