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The Office of Child Care supports working families with low incomes by improving access to affordable, high-quality early care and afterschool programs. OCC administers the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) —a block grant to state, territory, and tribal governments that provides support for children and their families with paying for child care that will fit their needs and that will prepare children to succeed in school.
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.
States and territories are required to begin reporting the ACF-901 quarterly data by January 31, 2022. Each state/territory shall report a quarterly file for each quarter the state/territory had awarded stabilization grants to providers. The date of when the state/territory began awarding stabilization grant awards will determine how many quarterly files will be due by January 31, 2022. If the state/territory began awarding stabilization grants to providers.
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.