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This checklist supports Lead Agencies in the planning and implementation of issuing payments prospectively to child care providers.
Resource Type: Checklist
Topic/Subtopic: 2024 CCDF Final Rule Requirements, Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This webinar, Increasing Subsidy Payments and Setting Rates, Including Cost of Care: Requirements and Options, will help Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies understand the requirements and options for including cost-of-care information when setting subsidy rates. Considering cost…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Setting Payment Rates
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Budget Calculator helps Lead Agencies understand the impact of four common factors on the CCDF budget. Specifically, the calculator looks at the impact of adjustments to:Provider payment ratesEligibility levelsCo-paysPaying by enrollmentThis tool is…
Resource Type: Program Instruction
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This brief explores what states should consider if they have decided to use a contractor to conduct a market rate survey.
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This resource provides examples of some typical market rate survey questions states use and corresponding improvements to those questions, along with an explanation of the changes made.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This resource discusses the use of administrative data in conducting market rate surveys, highlighting considerations for CCDF Lead Agencies in selecting administrative data for their market rate surveys.
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This document provides links to child care market rate survey reports included in states’ 2019-2021 Child Care and Development Fund Plans.
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This checklist allows users to evaluate progress made in addressing each component of Equal Access.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Absence Policies, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access, Tiered Rates or Add-Ons
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
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.
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability