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ACF-801 Reporting for States and Territories

Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies were provided additional Federal funds for child care to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic health crisis through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Lead Agencies were given considerable flexibility in how they expend the funds. Some Lead Agencies may have decided to expend some portion of that funding on direct services to children of essential workers (e.g., medical workers, first responders, etc., as defined by the state) during this health crisis and/or continue making payments to providers who were forced to close during the pandemic. This guidance will allow the Office of Child Care (OCC) to collect critical data about the use of CARES Act funding, including an estimate of the number of essential workers’ families and children served, and the number of providers supported. 

ACF-800 and ACF-801 data forms from state and territory reports are complied into Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) statistics displayed as data tables.

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the ACF-801 Child Care Case Record Form. This Form, which is submitted by States and Territories to the Office of Child Care (OCC), includes key case-level data required by the statute governing the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).

ACF-800 and ACF-801 data forms from state and territory reports for FY 2021 are compiled into Final Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Data Tables.

ACF-800 and ACF-801 data forms from state and territory reports for FY 2017 are compiled into Preliminary Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Data Tables.

Formerly the National Center on Child Care Data and Reporting (NCDR), the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) TA Team, part of the Office of Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTAN), was established by the Office of Child Care to help States, Territories, and Tribes participating in the Federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to meet their reporting obligations under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The CARS TA Team provides technical assistance to CCDF grantees in their efforts relating to the state/territory monthly data report (ACF-801), the state/territory quarterly report for ARP stabilization grants (ACF-901), the state/territory annual report (ACF-800) and the tribal annual report (ACF-700), and access to and technical issues related to the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS).

ACF-800 and ACF-801 data forms from state and territory reports for FY 2020 are compiled into Final Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Data Tables.

ACF-800 and ACF-801 data forms from state and territory reports for FY 2009 are compiled into Preliminary Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Data Tables.