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

Table 6b Child Care and Development Fund Average Monthly Hours of Child Care by Age Group and Type of Care (FY 2003)
Age Group	Child's Home	Family Home	Group Home	Center	Weighted Averages
0 to < 1 yr	162	159	160	163	161
1 to < 2 yrs	161	164	166	169	167
2 to < 3 yrs	163	166	169	171	169
3 to < 4 yrs	165	166	164	169	168
4 to < 5 yrs	162	162	164	165	164
5 to < 6 yrs	151	147	143	145	146
6 to < 13 yrs	135	131	117	112	122
13+ yrs	124	127	127	100	118
National	147	149	148	148	148

Notes applicable to this table:

1.	The source for this table is ACF-801 data for FY 2003.
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.