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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 ACF-901 is a data collection form designed to collect American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Stabilization Grants provider-level data.

ACF-801 Case Level Data Standards - Technical Bulletin #3r-V9

Technical Bulletin #3r-v9
October 11, 2023

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).

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for Part 3: American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Stabilization Grants of the ACF-700 CCDF Tribal Annual Report and clarifies some frequently asked questions about this section of the report. Part 3 was added to the ACF-700 Report to capture data on the distribution and use of American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Stabilization Grants beginning with the 2021 Federal fiscal year. The ARP Act included funding for child care grants to stabilize the child care sector and build back a stronger child care system that best supports the families and providers. Tribal Lead Agencies were required to spend stabilization funds to support the stability of the child care sector during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency. Part 3 of the ACF-700 form should include information about the ARP stabilization grants awarded to providers during the Federal fiscal year.

While ACF welcomes comment on any topic related to the proposed rule, below is a list of key areas within the NPRM where ACF is specifically requesting input from commenters. Please see the instructions on how to submit comments.

These are instructions for submitting comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)  filed on July 13, 2023. This NPRM offers additional draft guidance on program requirements for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program. All interested parties will have 45 days to comment, and ACF will consider all comments before issuing final guidance on program requirements.

This is a list of HHS-ACF COVID-19 Resources.

Office of Child Care resources regarding COVID-19.

Consumer Education Resources

Technical Bulletin #11r-v4

ACF-700 and Other CCDF Reporting Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions (Reviewed April 2015)
April 15, 2015

The purpose of this Bulletin is to clarify questions and issues related to the Tribal grantee reporting requirements.