Dear Child Care Provider:
The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners in August approved a new requirement for child safety alarm devices in vehicles used by child care centers. To make the purchase and installation of this important safety device as accessible as possible for child care providers, the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County is pleased to announce reimbursements to child care providers for a portion of the cost.
The Children’s Services Council is an independent district established by Palm Beach County voters in 1986 to provide leadership, funding and research on behalf of the county’s children, so they are born healthy, grow up safe, are ready to learn when they enter school, and on grade level by the end of third grade.
Here are the highlights of this voluntary, one-time, time-limited reimbursement offer:
- The reimbursement rate is up to $150 per vehicle for alarms installed between Oct. 1, 2011, and April 1, 2012. To encourage installation of the alarms before the Sept. 1, 2012, deadline, we are setting the reimbursement window earlier. All paperwork for reimbursement must be hand-delivered to the Children’s Services Council or postmarked by April 6, 2012.
- Reimbursement is available only to those child care facilities licensed by the Palm Beach County Health Department to provide transportation. Those facilities may be found at this site by searching for "Child Care Facility" and "Transportation": http://204.90.20.58/PalmBeachPublic/
- The vehicle alarm rule applies to any vehicle owned and operated by the child care facility and used to transport six or more passengers and one driver. Child care providers must adhere to the Palm Beach County Rules and Regulations Governing Child Care Facilities, a document that is available by clicking here.
- We will reimburse with one check, so child care providers with more than one vehicle must have alarms installed in all vehicles before submitting for reimbursement. There is no limit on the number of vehicles per site.
- All reimbursement requests must include itemized receipts with date showing the alarm purchase and the company or service that installed the alarm.
- Reimbursement request forms can be downloaded and printed from our website by clicking here.
- The completed form, receipts and IRS Form W-9 for payment must be hand-delivered or mailed to: Children’s Services Council, 2300 High Ridge Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33426 ATTENTION: Vehicle Alarm Reimbursement.
If you have questions, please email reimburse.alarm@cscpbc.org, or call 561-740-7000.
For more information about Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, please visit us at www.cscpbc.org.
Thank you.
Child Safety Alarms Device FAQs
Vehicle Alarm Reimbursement Form