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Implementation Guide: Strategies to Support Use of Contracts for Child Care Slots

Guidance from the Office of Child Care (OCC) strongly recommends CCDF Lead Agencies use funds to expand access to high-quality child care by increasing the use of contracts or grants, among other strategies. This implementation guide focuses on commonly reported concerns regarding the use of...
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Contracts or Grants
Including Children with Special Needs
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities
Payment Practices and Timeliness of Payments

In order to provide stable funding and encourage more child care providers to participate in the subsidy...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Absence Policies, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Contracts or Grants, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
Parental Choice in Relation to Certificates, Grants, or Contracts

Parental Choice

Parents should have the opportunity to choose from the full range of eligible child care settings:

  • Center-based care: Care in a nonresidential, commercial-type setting
  • Family child care: Care in the...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Contracts or Grants, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Continuity of Care, Policy and Practice
Setting Payment Rates

CCDF subsidy payment rates must be set in accordance with the results of the most recent market rate survey or OCC approved alternative methodology. Payment rates may not vary based on family eligibility status, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families status. However, Lead Agencies may...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access, Tiered Rates or Add-Ons, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Contracts or Grants, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
Summary of Facts Used to Determine Payment Rates

States are required to provide a summary of the data and facts used to determine that payment rates are sufficient to allow subsidized families equal access to care. This summary should include the following:

  1. How the choice of...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access, Tiered Rates or Add-Ons, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Contracts or Grants, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
Supply Building Strategies to Meet the Needs of Certain Populations

The CCDBG Act and CCDF final rule require states to develop and implement strategies to increase the supply and improve the quality of child care providers to meet the needs of certain underserved populations, including

  • children in underserved areas;
  • infants and toddlers...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
Building the Supply of Child Care

The key to increasing access to child care for at-risk populations is increasing the supply of child care services in underserved areas and for targeted groups. The law and final rule require states to develop strategies for increasing the supply and quality of child care services for these...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Contracts or Grants, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
Ensure Equal Access to Child Care for Low-Income Children

This part includes an overview of grants and contracts, market rate survey and alternative methodology requirements, setting payment rates, and timely payments to providers.

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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, Supply Building Strategies, Contracts or Grants
Options for Quality Activities

The CCDBG Act and CCDF final rule require states to fund at least one of the following 10 quality activities that will improve the quality of child care services provided in the state. In the CCDF Plan, Lead Agencies indicate which of the following quality improvement activities their state will...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Professional Development, Training and Professional Development Requirements, Promoting Children's Development, Early Learning and Development Standards, Infant and Toddler Development and Care, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Monitoring and Enforcement, Monitoring for Compliance, Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, Operation of a CCR&R, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, System Evaluation, Validation, and Review