View COVID-19 resources for CCDF Lead Agencies, providers, and families. Learn about provider eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccination.
The Understanding the CARES Act brief is a supplement to the CCDF Information Memorandum (CCDF-ACF-IM-2020-01) released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on April 29, 2020.
National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
The National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability (NCSIA) 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. NCSIA 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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Equal access and market rate surveys are important concepts for CCDF leaders. Market rate surveys can impact payment rates, which must be sufficient to ensure equal access.
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.
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.
The Grantee Internal Controls Self-Assessment Instrument is designed to assist grantees in assessing how well their policies and procedures meet the Child Care and Development Fund's (CCDF) regulatory requirements in the areas of program integrity and financial accountability.
Comprehensive background check resources are available that break down the requirements into easier to understand language.
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.
The Error Rate Review training module provides state administrative staff with background on the federal error rate review and covers the steps needed to complete the error rate review process..
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This resource offers strategies for Lead Agencies to strengthen the quality of their existing administrative data so that it can be used instead of surveying providers on market rates.
In the first webinar for the FY 2021 program integrity webinar series, NCSIA provided strategies for maintaining CCDF program integrity as Lead Agencies assist providers and families in adapting to the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. NCSIA also offered program integrity tips as...
This training module from the National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability (NCSIA) provides state administrative staff with background on the federal error rate review and covers the steps needed to complete the error rate review process...
This infographic explains the data that a state or territory must gather and post as part of its Equal Access plan and for rate setting.
This peer-learning breakout gave states and territories time to share and discuss successes and challenges related to the improper payments process and to the task of implementing or maintaining program integrity strategies, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this peer-learning breakout, states had the opportunity to share experiences in implementing their criminal background check process.
This peer-learning breakout allowed participants to discuss subsidy issues.
The purpose of this brief is to assist Lead Agencies that are interested in conducting the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) error rate reviews remotely. By “remotely,” we mean reviews that are conducted outside of Lead Agency central and local offices, particularly in reviewers’ home...
In coordination with OCC, NCSIA will provide support to Lead Agencies in the development and execution of the strategies to achieve full compliance with the CCDBG Act CBC requirements. Below are the available resources for Lead Agencies:
- The PowerPoint below describes the...
This webinar provides an overview of CCDF program and CARES Act funds and explains the difference between these two funding streams; provides tips and tools for managing, spending, and tracking these two funding streams; and debuts a budget calculator. A presenter from Michigan’s State Budget...
