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Child Care Support - Mahube Otwa Community Action Partnership - Northwest MN

1125 West River Road, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Eligibility
  • Early Learning scholarships: Serves children from birth - 4 years old are eligible, and 5-year-olds are eligible if they turn 5 after September 1 of the current school year. (Children age out of eligibility if they are age 5 on September 1 or are enrolled in and attending kindergarten, whichever is earlier.)
  • Minnesota Child Care Assistance program: Parents, stepparents, legal guardians and other eligible caregivers can receive child care assistance if they meet the following:
  • Be working, going to school, searching for a job, or doing activities in an employment plan
  • Have children needing care who are 12 or younger, or 13 or 14 years old with special needs
  • Have children who meet citizenship and immigration requirements
  • Cooperate with child support enforcement for all children in the family with an absent parent
  • Meet the program's income limits
  • Have assets equal to or less than $1 million
Required documents
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Hours
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(218)632-3600
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Intake Early Learning Scholarship

(218)739-3011
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Intake Child Care Assistance Program

Interpretation services
Interpreters available
Application process
Call; email; visit website
Service area
Beltrami County, MN Cass County, MN Clearwater County, MN Crow Wing County, MN Hubbard County, MN Lake Of The Woods County, MN Mahnomen County, MN Morrison County, MN Todd County, MN Wadena County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

  • No Fee
Early Learning Scholarship: Assists with paying for childcare or early child care education Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program: Provides financial assistance to help families pay for child care. Mahube-Otwa administers the Child Care Assistance Program in Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, and Marshall counties.
Last Assured
10/14/2025
Providing organization
Mahube Otwa Community Action Partnership - Northwest MN

Provides services for low-income and older adults living in Mahnomen, Hubbard, Becker, Otter Tail, and Wadena counties, helping them gain knowledge to work, live, and govern themselves

Child Care Support - Mahube Otwa Community Action Partnership - Northwest MN