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This Program Instruction (PI) transmits the revised state/territory Plan Preprint (ACF-118) for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program for the Fiscal Year 2025-2027 triennium and provides guidance for submitting the Plan. This Plan is required by section 658E of the CCDBG Act.

The purpose of the annual QPR is to capture state and territory progress on how CCDF quality funds were expended, including the activities funded and the measures used by states and territories to evaluate progress in improving the quality of child care programs and services for children from birth to age 13.  The annual data provided will be used to describe state and territory priorities and strategies to key stakeholders, including Congress, Federal, state and territory administrators, providers, parents, and the public. 

The state-level aggregate report, or ACF-800, is one of two data collections undertaken by the Office of Child Care pursuant to the requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant of 1990 (42 USC 9801 et seq.) as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PL 104-93) and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (PL 105-33). All Child Care and Development Fund lead agencies in the States, the District of Columbia, and Territories (including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianna Islands, and the US Virgin Islands) are responsible for completing the ACF-800. For more information, please see the OCC website at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/report/formhelp/acf800/index.htm

As always, when submitting the ACF-800 report, data must include all children served by the Child Care and Development Fund, regardless of funding stream (Discretionary, Mandatory, Matching, State Match, Maintenance of Effort, and Transfers from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program). For States that pool CCDF and non-CCDF Funds, the data also must include all children funded by these sources. All counts should reflect the period that begins October 1 and ends September 30. Each State and Territory must submit the ACF-800 by December 31, reporting on services provided during the preceding Federal Fiscal Year.

The purpose of this program instruction is to

  1. To provide information to state, territory, and tribal lead agencies regarding the distribution of child care disaster recovery funds, and
  2. To provide guidance on allowable activities, how to apply, obligating and expending funds, reporting requirements, recipient monitoring, and other requirements. 

This Program Instruction (PI) informs States and Territories that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved changes to the Quality Progress Report (QPR) (ACF-218) for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 and provides guidance for completing and submitting the QPR.

This program instruction informs state and territory lead agencies that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the revised ACF-801 Report with minor changes. The approved form and instructions are attached

This program instruction informs states and territories that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the ACF-800 Report that will allow the Office of Child Care to collect and report critical data. There are no changes to the form and instructions, which are attached. 

This Program Instruction (PI) distributes instructions for CCDF lead agencies to report CCDF Discretionary program funds that they will be unable to obligate by the obligation period ending September 30, 2022.

To inform states and territories that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the ACF-901 — American Rescue Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants Provider-Level Data form and instructions that establishes a new data collection that will allow OCC to collect and report critical information about the numbers of and characteristics for child care providers receiving stabilization grant awards, including whether funds have been distributed equitably and are reaching historically underserved communities. This data collection effort is necessary to provide transparency and accountability in the use of this funding for stabilizing the child care sector during and after the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The ACF-901 form and instructions are attached.

This Program Instruction (PI) informs States and Territories that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved changes to the Quality Progress Report (QPR) (ACF-218) for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 and provides guidance for completing and submitting the QPR.