Child Care and Development Fund, Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
Overview of the Report
This report consists of eight parts:
- Part I provides background on the CCDF program including funding, eligibility requirements, a description of how funds may be used, information about program administration, and key child care and CCDF terms.
- Part II provides information from aggregate and case-level data reported by States for FY 2004 and FY 2005, including information about children receiving subsidized care and the providers who cared for them.
- Part III summarizes expenditure data obtained from State quarterly financial reports on expenditures in FY 2004 and FY 2005.
- Part IV summarizes information reported by States in their CCDF plans for FY 2004 and FY 2005. States are required to submit plans every 2 years that describe how they will implement CCDF policies and services.
- Part V describes child care services provided by Indian Tribes that receive CCDF funding.
- Part VI describes ongoing research efforts, highlighting projects funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and summarizing some of the latest research findings about child care.
- Part VII describes training and technical assistance provided by CCB to assist States, Territories, and Tribes in administering CCDF.
- Part VIII, the Appendix, provides reporting overviews for States, Territories, and Tribes, information about CCB-funded research grantees, and administrative data on the children and families served through CCDF from FY 2004 and FY 2005 State aggregate and case-level reports.