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National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability

The National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability (SIAC) provides technical assistance to Child Care and Development Fund programs in developing child care subsidy systems that are child-focused, family-friendly, and fair to providers. SIAC works with grantees to help them reach goals related to subsidy eligibility, integrating quality and subsidy, strengthening program integrity, payment rules, rate setting, and other policies and practices that support providing high-quality care to more children from low-income families.

 

 

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The CCDF Fraud Toolkit is an evolving resource designed to assist CCDF Lead Agencies in increasing program integrity and accountability and decreasing fraud within their child care programs.

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Collaboration Between CCDF and TANF to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Working Families outlines why collaboration with TANF is important and the beginning steps in collaboration. It also offers examples of how CCDF and TANF can collaborate, including various state initiatives and highlights fiscal considerations for both programs.

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Grantee Internal Controls Self-Assessment Instrument

The Grantee Internal Controls Self-Assessment Instrument assists grantees in assessing how well their policies and procedures meet CCDF's regulatory requirements in the areas of program integrity and financial accountability.

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Market Rate Survey Series

The Market Rate Survey Series consists of briefs addressing topics to include: planning a market rate survey, data sources, designing and conducting the survey, analyzing the results, and reporting and using results.

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State Median Income and Federal Poverty Level Calculation Tool

The State Median Income and Federal Poverty Level Calculation Tool assists states and territories with calculating annual and monthly SMI estimates and FPL levels for determining income eligibility and family copayments for their child care subsidy programs.

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Criminal background check resources

Criminal background check resources are available that break down the requirements into easier to understand language.

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Guidance on Estimating and Reporting the Costs of Child Care

Guidance on Estimating and Reporting the Costs of Child Care aims to support Lead Agencies and their partners as they create cost estimates, prepare detailed reports, and use cost estimates to inform their rate setting.

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Equal Access: Terms and Definitions

This resource provides a glossary for terms commonly used related to the Equal Access provisions of the ...

Garantizando Sistemas Efectivos de Administración Fiscal, Presupuesto y Controles Internos de CCDF

Este recurso se presentó en la reunión de la Región II del programa CCDF el 13 de junio del 2019. Los participantes exploraron los componentes de un sólido sistema de gestión fiscal, mejoraron sus conocimientos sobre las practicas efectivas de gestión fiscal, la preparación de presupuestos y los...

CCDF Succession Planning Contact List

The Succession Planning Contact List is a tool to help Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators map out who their key contacts are both within and external to the CCDF Lead Agency. It is designed so that current CCDF Administrators can have a quick guide on who their key contacts...

Region III State Administrators Meeting - Program Integrity and Accountability Session

This resource was presented at the Region III CCDF Administrators Meeting on May 1, 2019. The presentation provided an overview of program integrity and fiscal accountability within the CCDF program, discussed effective internal controls and strategies to identify fraud and program...

Ensuring Effective CCDF Financial Management Systems, Budgeting, and Internal Controls

This resource was presented at the Region II CCDF Meeting on June 13, 2019. Participants explored the components of a strong CCDF fiscal management system, enhanced their awareness of effective fiscal management practices, budgeting, and internal controls required to maintain program integrity...

National Program Integrity Webinar Series - FY 2018 and FY 2019

NCSIA's National Program Integrity Webinar Series highlights grantee actions that ensure internal controls and fraud prevention in their child care programs.

The following webinars have been presented in FY 2019:

  • Webinar #1: Data Mining, Sharing, and Analytics (...
CCDF Fraud Toolkit and Instructions

The CCDF Fraud Toolkit is an evolving resource designed to assist CCDF Lead Agencies in increasing program integrity and accountability and decreasing fraud within their child care programs. Provided by the National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability (NCSIA), the Toolkit will...

CCDF Error Rate Review Resources

Background

The CCDF error rate methodology employs a case record review process to determine whether eligibility for child care subsidy was properly determined, and whether any improper payments were made. Each state (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico)...

Collaboration Between CCDF and TANF to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Working Families

Collaboration Between CCDF and TANF to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Working Families ...

Equal Access Resources

This document offers descriptions and links to a variety of resources that address such equal access topics as market rate surveys, payment practices, cost of care, co-payments and payment rates.

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