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This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Annual ACF-800 Report submitted by states and territories to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Care (OCC), including key state-level data required by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-186).
The Pooling Factor Calculation Worksheet is designed to assist States and Territories that pool Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) dollars with other Federal and State funds with calculating an accurate pooling factor.
This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Annual ACF-800 Report, including new requirements associated with the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law113-186). The changes required by reauthorization include: 1) addition of element #2a — number of child fatalities (total and by care type, 2) discontinuation of element #10 — consumer education content topics, 3) change in #11 — methods of consumer education used, and 4) change in the list of non-CCDF funds in the Child Care budget pool. All of these changes are required with the FFY 2016 report.