Frequently Used Terms and Acronyms

Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)–Created by the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1990. Funding began in FY 1991 to provide states and tribes the opportunity to increase the availability, affordability and quality of child care services.

Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)–Consolidated entitlement and discretionary child care funding program created in 1996 as a result of PRWORA. CCDF consists of discretionary funds authorized by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act and entitlement (or mandatory and matching) funds provided by the Social Security Act. (CCDF is the regulatory term and this language is not directly found in the statutes).

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 – PL 104–193 (PRWORA)–Statutory provisions unified a fragmented child care subsidy system to form the Child Care and Development Fund. This replaced child care programs under title IV-A of the Social Security Act – AFDC Child Care, Transitional Child Care and At Risk Child Care and amended the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act to increased funding levels. Also repealed Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), and Emergency Assistance (EA) and created Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Native Employment Works (NEW).

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)–A comprehensive welfare reform program with time-limited assistance that focuses on moving recipients into work.

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