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 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
Highlighted Tools and Resources:
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 peer-learning breakout allowed participants to discuss subsidy issues.
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.
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...
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Budget Calculator is intended to help Lead Agencies understand the impact of three common factors on the CCDF budget. Specifically, the calculator looks at the impact of adjustments to:
- reimbursement rates,
- eligibility levels, and...
This 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, and it:
- Outlines the differences between CARES Act funds and existing CCDF funds, including obligation (i.e. commitment...
This guide is intended as an advisory resource for CCDF administrators who are considering information technology (IT) projects in support of their child care programs. The guide offers ideas about:
- how to conceptualize an IT project,
- project planning activities that will...
The purpose of this brief is to assist Lead Agencies in understanding the pooling factor as it relates to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) error rate review. The first section includes a description of the pooling factor and how it is used in the error rate review. Then, guidance is...
This webinar covered front-end detection and investigation strategies by walking through federal requirements, common strategies, and benefits to promote program integrity and accountability within the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
Webinar subtopics included:
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