Your Family, Your Voice: What is Your CCAP Story?

Welcome! Thank you for sharing.

Through this initiative, families are invited to share real stories about how CCAP supports their daily lives, their children's growth, and their ability to move forward. These stories help lift up family experiences and highlight the importance of access to childcare across New Jersey.

Stories collected through this initiative will be used to help illustrate the impact of CCAP on children, families, and communities. With appropriate permissions, stories may be shared in public-facing materials, presentations and informational resources to help explain what access to child-care makes possible.

This form is for storytelling only. It is not a complaint, appeal, or request for help with an individual case. Submissions will not affect your CCAP benefits.
1.How does child care affect your day-to-day life? For example: work, school, stability, routines, peace of mind, or your child’s experience.(Required.)
2.Can you share an example that shows why child care is important for your family? For example: a specific moment, change, or realization is especially helpful.(Required.)
3.What has the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) made possible for your family?(Required.)
4.What would be harder for your family without the support of CCAP?(Required.)
5.What town do you live in? (optional)
6.What type of child care does your family use? Optional - select all that apply.
7.What age range best describes your child(ren) who are in child care? Check all that apply(Required.)
8.BCAP plans to use these stories throughout New Jersey to educate families and stakeholders on the importance of child-care and CCAP. Whenever possible, BCAP would like to share actual families’ stories, and include your name and location information. Do you give permission to use your name in your story?(Required.)
9.I have an active CCAP case (subsidy, etc.) currently.(Required.)
10.I understand this form is for sharing personal stories and is not meant to request changes to my individual CCAP case.(Required.)
11.Please share your name.(Required.)
12.Please share your email address.(Required.)
13.Please share a phone number we can reach you at.(Required.)