These resources can help guide CCDF Lead Agencies that use alternative methodologies to establish payment rates.
Federal Guidance
Subsidy Payment Rates Based On Alternative Methodologies and Cost Analyses
Program Instruction CCDF-ACF-PI-2018-04 Lead Agencies on alternative methodologies and cost analyses to establish subsidy payment rates.
Let's Talk About Alternative Methodologies Webinars
This is a series of national webinars about the use of cost-based alternative methodologies and improving the use of cost data for Lead Agencies.
Documents and Reports
Using Market Rate Surveys or Alternative Methodologies Across the CCDF Plan Cycle
This document outlines the steps for conducting a market rate survey or approved alternative methodology and the narrow cost analysis.
Provider Cost of Quality Calculator
The PCQC helps estimate the annual costs and revenue of operating a center or home-based child care program at different quality levels.
Narrow Cost Analysis: A Three-Part Series for CCDF Lead Agencies
This report guides Lead Agencies that perform a narrow cost analysis iwhen considering cost information when setting payment rates.
Using the Provider Cost of Quality Calculator to Support a Narrow Cost Analysis
This guide walks you through the steps of using the Provider Cost of Quality Calculator to support your narrow cost analysis.
Alternative methodologies, payment rates, and equal access
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