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The Office of Child Care's (OCC) 2nd Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on the FY 2014-2015 CCDF Plan Preprint for States and Territories was published on February 26, 2013 for a 30-day comment period. We have color-coded it for readers to see the changes that have been made. The italicized fonts in blue were the changes we made to the document for the 1st Federal Register Notice on September 4, 2012 and the italicized fonts in purple are the revisions made based on the comments we received. States, Territories, and other interested parties should submit their formal comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: (202) 395–7285, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families, or E-mail: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV within 30 days—no later than March 26, 2013.

The Second Federal Register posting and request for comments on the FY 2014-2015 CCDF Plan Preprint Document has been published.  We received insightful comments that have helped us in revising the document, and we used color-coded, italicized text to indicate the changes that have been made. Readers may notice a triangle behind certain questions throughout the Plan Preprint.  The triangles identifies specific questions from which OCC will extract data for the FY 2014-2015 Tribal Summary.

The Office of Child Care (OCC) has made changes to the required ACF-801 monthly data report.  The changes, focused on quality-related information, will allow OCC and Lead Agencies to capture child-level data on provider quality for each child receiving a child care subsidy.

2011 Poverty Guidelines for 48 Contiguous States and D.C., Alaska, and Hawaii

All Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees are required to complete and submit the 696-T report on an annual basis in accordance with these instructions on behalf of the Tribal Lead Agency administering the CCDF. Tribal Lead Agencies have the option of submitting the form ACF-696T either electronically through Online Data Collection (OLDC) or manually by mailing hard copies. ACF encourages grantees to use OLDC since it reduces paperwork, allows for quicker processing, automatically completes required calculations, and checks for potential errors.

1. Do not leave blank spaces on the ACF-700 form:

Every data element field should contain a count, an average, or NA* (Not Applicable). Do not use decimals, dollar signs, dashes, or other characters.

If you offer the service but did not serve any CCDF children or families in a given category, such as an age group or a type of care, record the number zero ("0") in the field.

If the information requested does not apply to your program—that is, you do not provide that service with your CCDF grant—enter NA.*

On an annual basis, Tribal Lead Agencies of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) are required to submit aggregate information on services provided. The Tribal CCDF Annual Report consists of two parts: