• Numbers 1 to 999999
• 0 when none served
• - (dash) when data applies but is not available

Numbers That Must Add Up:

Check 1: Add the number of children 0 years old up to 13 years old in Element 3h, Column (A), and the number of children 13 years old and older in Element 3i, Column (A). This answer should be the same as the number you have in Element 2b, Column (A). If the numbers are not the same, then you have made an error.

Check 2: Add rows a, b, and c in Element 4, Column (A). Your answer should equal the number in Element 2b, Column (A). If the numbers are not equal, you have made an error.

Check 3: Add rows a, b, c, and d in Element 7, Column (A). Compare your answer to the number in Element 2b, Column (A). They should all be the same. If they are not the same, you have made an error.

Guidance: Count each child assisted once, regardless of the number of days care was provided, and even if the child has exited and re-entered the program.

Example 1: A child leaves the program in March 2001, but is reinstated in August 2001. The child is counted one time in Element 2b, Column (A).
To determine what services to count, child care services are defined as slots purchased through contracts/grants, services purchased through certificates/vouchers, or services provided in a tribally operated facility funded under CCDF.

Example 2: A Tribal Lead Agency provides child care vouchers/certificates to 100 families to receive child care services at a program of their choice. Enter 100 families on line 1. The total unduplicated number of children should be reported in Element 2b, Column (A). Enter the number of children receiving child care through a voucher/certificate in each type of setting on line 2b.

Example 3: A Tribal Lead Agency contracts with a center for 100 full-time
slots for 2001. Count 100 children in the total reported on line 2.
Do not count children or families who only generally benefited from services:

• a grant or contract to establish, expand, or conduct before- and after- school care and early childhood development programs, (i.e., not specific slots); or
• an expansion of quality activities funded under the CCDF.

Example 4: A Tribal Lead Agency contracts with a resource and referral agency to provide professional staff development training at a center with 78 children. The Tribal Lead Agency does not contract for slots with the center and no children there receive CCDF certificates. Do not count the children because they did not receive direct child care services from the CCDF funds expended.

When data are applicable but not available, provide a footnote in the comment section explaining when the missing data will be submitted.