Delaware SpendingDhss Child Care Direct Deposit Account
Delaware state vendor profile · FY2018–FY2026 · 19,417 payments on the state checkbook
Payments by Fiscal Year
Who Pays Them
What the Money Buys (categories)
Not a company. This is an internal Department of Health & Social Services disbursement account used to pay child-care subsidies.
Delaware's Purchase of Care program pays child-care providers on behalf of eligible low-income families; those payments route through this account rather than being listed provider-by-provider on the checkbook.
Dhss Child Care Direct Deposit Account received $1.00 billion from the State of Delaware between FY2018 and FY2026, across 19,417 payments — an average of $51,734 per payment. The largest payer was Department of Health & Social Services, accounting for 85% of the total. In the most recent year (FY2026), the state paid Dhss Child Care Direct Deposit Account $132.4 million. Annual payments grew 44% between FY2018 and FY2026.