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.
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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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 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.
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 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.
Criminal 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.
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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...
Establishing time and attendance systems that support adequate, stable payments to providers is key for programs to keep doors open, provide quality care, and hire and retain good staff. This brief provides...
Research on continuity of care has found that instability is particularly high with low-income families.This is important because continuity has been linked to positive child development and secure attachments between children and teachers. Extending eligibility redeterminations to 12...
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) takes the goal of family-friendly child care policies seriously. The child care state administrator partnered with staff of other department family support programs to conduct a thorough review of operations and how they align....
This presentation provides an overview of information about contracts through the child care subsidy program funded by CCDF. The objectives for this presentation are for participants to:
- Understand the fundamentals of subsidy contracts;
- Learn about the purposes...
The OCC has revised the Improper Payments Information Technology Guide (IT Guide). The IT Guide is comprised of two parts. Part I: Inventory of State Childcare Information Systems, examines the status of childcare information systems used to implement the child care...
