CCTAN - The Child Care Technical Assistance Network, a service of the Office of Child Care

Approaches to managing wait lists vary. For example, some Lead Agencies complete comprehensive eligibility determinations prior to placing families onto the waiting list. Others perform abbreviated eligibility reviews, relying primarily on information submitted with the application for determining if families qualify for wait list placement. This paper examines wait list policies and methods Lead Agencies use to manage subsidy caseloads.