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 in the following areas:
- Subsidy eligibility
- Integrating quality and subsidy
- Strengthening program integrity and fiscal accountability
- Error rate reporting
- Comprehensive background checks
- Equal access, including rate setting, payment practices, family co-payments, and other policies and practices that support building the supply of and 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 was the second webinar in the FY 2016-2017 national program integrity webinar series. During the presentation Massachusetts and Michigan provide state strategies to increase program integrity, identify fraud, and prevent fraud. The webinar closes with information related to additional...
The CCDBG Act requires Lead Agencies to certify that rates are sufficient to ensure eligible children have equal access to child care services comparable to those in State or local sub-markets provided to children who are not eligible to receive CCDF or other Federal or State child care...
This was the first webinar in the FY 2017-2018 national program integrity webinar series. The presentation provides an overview of CCDF program integrity, walks through the federal regulations at 45 CFR 98.68, provides strategies to increase program integrity, identify fraud, and prevent fraud....
This paper provides information on state and territory efforts to use contracts and grants with providers, beginning with an overview of States and Territories whose 2016–18 CCDF Plans indicate that they are currently using contracts and grants. Topics addressed include the following:
- ...
Having adequate, and even inspiring facilities for center-based early care and education facilities is a goal for all leaders. Financing and Budgeting for Early Care and Education Facilities provides information about how to budget for and secure funds to purchase and maintain quality...
Early Head Start (EHS) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) both serve low-income families and their children; however, there are some differences in policy, operations, and funding requirements. EHS-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships will benefit from strategies to bridge these...
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that over 14 million people in the United States are self-employed, representing nearly ten percent of the labor force. Developing eligibility policies to address self-employment is challenging due to the complex business structures and difficulty of...
The attached resources were presented as part of the "Increasing Access and Building Supply" sessions at the 2015 State and Territory Administrator's Meeting:
- The Mechanics of Contracting for Child Care
- Illinois' Contracted Child Care at Department of Children & Family...
The attached resources were presented at the 2015 Spring Cross-Regional Meetings.
- Child Care Financial Assistance- System Reform: State Trends & Strategies, How Effective TA Can and Will Support States
- Maryland's Plan: Implementing the New CCDF Rules for Child Care...
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) embarked on a comprehensive review of the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) administrative rules and procedures that led them to the development of a new policy manual. The primary goal was to develop “an efficient, effective subsidy...
