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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The Tribal Lead Agency Fiscal Risk Assessment was developed for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Tribal Lead Agency (TLA) administrators, fiscal and management officials, and other TLA leaders as a framework for reviewing how well policies and procedures meet the CCDF requirements in the...
The intent of this resource is to provide tribes with an overview of the statutory authorities and identify potential avenues to access FBI fingerprint check results.
This resource provides a glossary for terms commonly used related to the Equal Access provisions of the ...
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...
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...
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...
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 violations,...
This program integrity webinar covered the fiscal fundamentals of the CCDF program related to federal funding requirements and allowable uses for CCDF, budget constraints facing Lead Agencies, succession planning, and guidance for new state administrators on where to find helpful information on...
Collaboration Between CCDF and TANF to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Working Families ...
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.
