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Mississippi. Mississippi has some of the lowest child care costs by state. Infant care costs just $453 per month, and child care for a four-year-old comes in under $400 monthly at most child care centers.

The Childcare Vouchers scheme closed to new applicants on 4 October 2018, which means that parents had to be signed up, and had received their first vouchers, by this date to be able to still use them. The scheme closed because the Government has rolled out the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to replace Childcare Vouchers.

You cannot have one parent claiming Tax-Free Childcare and one parent receiving Childcare Vouchers.If you receive any form of tax credits or universal credit, you will need to cancel these to join Tax Free Childcare. Tax Free Childcare is generally better for parents with the highest current childcare costs.

No, you can use your voucher benefit to pay any formal carers that you use for any Qualifying Child.

Childcare Vouchers typically operate through salary sacrifice. A salary sacrifice arrangement is an agreement by an employer to reduce an employee's cash pay, usually in return for a non-cash benefit. Under the Childcare Voucher scheme employees may 'sacrifice' part of their pay in exchange for Childcare Vouchers.

In most cases, employees manage their Childcare Vouchers through an online account, which they use to pay their childcare provider electronically. The portion of their salary which they have 'sacrificed' is automatically paid into the account, by their employer, usually through a third party Childcare Voucher company.

If you move to a new employer you will be treated as a new entrant, therefore you will no longer be entitled to receive Childcare Vouchers through your new employer, however you will still be able to use any Childcare Vouchers that are in your account to pay for registered childcare.