Child Care Bureau: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

Table 6a Child Care and Development Fund Average Monthly Hours of Child Care by Age Group and Type of Care (FY 2002)
Age Group	Child's Home	Family Home	Group Home	Center	Weighted Averages
0 to < 1 yr	162	159	156	160	160
1 to < 2 yrs	165	162	163	167	165
2 to < 3 yrs	164	163	166	168	166
3 to < 4 yrs	164	163	165	166	166
4 to < 5 yrs	161	162	163	162	162
5 to < 6 yrs	154	147	146	142	144
6 to < 13 yrs	138	131	115	109	120
13+ yrs	126	128	121	99	119
Average	149	149	147	145	147

Notes applicable to this table:

¹	The source for this table is ACF-801 data for FY 2002.
²	Nationally 3.8% of the children were excluded from the above table because either their age was invalid/not reported or one or more setting elements of a child's setting record was invalid or not reported.
³	For children served by multiple providers, the child's count is proportioned based on the ratio of the monthly hours with each provider divided by the monthly total hours of service. The average hours and payments for each State-month combination are based on the sum of hours in each category divided by the sum of proportional counts in each category. The State's annual results are determined by calculating a weighted average of the monthly results where the weight was the "adjusted" number of children served in each month. The national results shown above represent a weighted average of the State's fiscal annual results where the weight for each State is the average monthly "adjusted" number of children served in each State for the fiscal year.
⁴	Some States have been reporting the maximum number of hours authorized rather than the actual number of hours of service provided.
⁵	Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were unable to report ACF-801 case-level data before report preparation.