Enjoy Financial Compensation You Can Count On!
As a child care provider, the burden has been on you to collect from the families you serve…but not anymore!
With MI Tri-Share, you receive 100% of a qualified employee’s child care payment directly from the state administrative partner. No more collecting. No more wondering when you’ll receive payment. The MI Tri-Share administrative partner staff handles it all.
benefits
Child Care Provider Benefits of Participating in the
MI Tri-Share Program
Direct Payments
Payment for 100% of a qualified employee’s child care is made directly to you through the MI Tri-Share statewide administrative partner with funds from the employee, employer, and the state of Michigan.
Payments are typically made to providers within one week of invoices being received.
Click here to access the billing portal.
Business Stability
Your business is stabilized through consistent and timely payments.
INFORMATION
Program Information for Child Care Providers
MI Tri-Share is an employer-driven benefit.
Employees of participating employers can choose any licensed child care provider that meets their unique needs. Employees may opt to use their existing child care provider (if licensed). Employees are able to have children placed with multiple providers.
Child care providers must not increase rates for families because they are participating in the MI Tri-Share program. This does not include when child care rates for all families increase (based on annual tuition increase, cost of living, etc.).
The following licensed child care options can be eligible for the MI Tri-Share Program:
- Traditional Care (Full/Part Time)
- Preschool
- Before and After School Care
- Summer Care
- Summer Camps
Child care providers can be both an employer and a provider of care! See the employer section for more details or Contact us if you would like to offer this program to your employees.
CHILD CARE PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITIES
What are my responsibilities?
- Fill out the initial paperwork through DocuSign for payments to be processed.
- Verify the schedule and cost of the participating families' care.
- Provide information to MI Tri-Share administrative partner staff as requested.
- Enter care costs in our system weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, depending on your billing cycle.
- Communicate with us via a care change form if a family changes their care schedule or rates for any reason.
- Contact us immediately if you receive notice a family is leaving your care.
Participating Employers
For a full list with a search option click here.
Are you a participating child care provider who has a story to share about how MI Tri-Share has impacted your business?
You ask, we answer
Only licensed child care and camps in Michigan are covered. Depending on an employer’s guidelines, the benefit can cover full-time and part-time care, preschool, before- and after-school care, summer care, summer camps, or a combination of these options.
MI Tri-Share is designed to cover children ages 0-12. Employers may choose to extend coverage through age 17 for licensed camps.
Only families who work for a participating employer and meet the income qualifications are eligible.
It is very easy to participate and receive payments!
Child Care providers will receive a DocuSign link to review and sign the provider agreement, information sheet, and W-9.
Child care providers will log in to the billing system, enter the dates and cost of care for each child participating in the MI Tri-Share program, and upload an invoice if available.
If your invoice is received by Friday one week, you will be paid the following Friday for current or past care that is included on the invoice. Invoices for future care dates (that begin more than a week in the future) will be paid on the Friday before the care date begins.
You will receive 100% payment of your invoice total, as long as it does not exceed the approved maximum care amount for the employee, even if we have not received payments from the employee, employer, or state.
The billing portal will walk you through the required information needed for each invoice, including:
- Child’s Name
- Dates of Care (start and end date)
- Total Cost of Care for the Dates of Care (100%)
If you have an invoice to upload to the portal, this will help avoid follow-up questions and delayed payments.
*Each child, dates of care, and the cost of care must be listed on a separate line.
30 days prior to a change. The employee or child care provider will need to fill out a Care Change Form.
Changes may take up to 30 days to initiate. Parents are responsible for paying for any increase while this is in process. The MI Tri-Share administrative partner staff will confirm with all parties when the change has been implemented.
Child Care costs are only covered by MI Tri-Share while the employee is employed.
If an employment separation occurs, as of the termination date 100% of child care costs are the employee’s responsibility.
Child Care providers may also be asked to participate in data collection processes implemented by the evaluation team. These may include, but are not limited to, focus groups, surveys, interviews, etc.