Children’s Long-Term Support: Program Costs

The Children’s Long-Term Support Program helps kids and families pay for certain services. You may have to pay part of the cost for a service yourself. We call this a parental payment limit.

How much do I have to pay?

The parental payment limit differs for each family. You’ll go through these steps to find out if you need to pay for some program services:

1. You meet with the support and service coordinator. They are from your county health and human services agency. They’ll create a service plan just for your family.
2. The support and service coordinator uses a formula. This helps confirm if you have a parental payment limit. The formula comes from Wisconsin Administrative Code. It looks at:

• Your family size.
• How much money your family makes.
• Current U.S. poverty guidelines.

3. The support and service coordinator re-applies the formula each year. They may look at it more often if you have a big life change. You can talk to them if you think they need to re-calculate your limit.

Contact my county agency

Related topics

• Worksheet for Determination of Parental Payment Limit for CLTS and CCOP Programs, F-01337
  • Instructions, F-01337A
  • FAQs, F-01337B
• Children’s Long-Term Support Parental Fee Declaration—Model, F-01338
• Information for Counties