Resource Library

The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to address questions related to using the Child Care Data Tracker (Tracker) software. 

Letter to Human Service Commissioners

This information memorandum provides an overview and guidance on the supplemental CCDF Discretionary funds made available through the CARES Act.

The CCDBG Act of 2014 encourages states to blend and braid funding in order to support quality improvement efforts. Because subsidy rates alone often fall short of supporting the delivery of high-quality, year-round and full-day infant and toddler programs, the layered funding model is particularly critical to EHS-CCP. EHS-CCP Grantees and child care partners rely on this shared resource base in order to meet the full range of scheduling and service needs children and families may have.

The Child Care Data Viewer, available to CCDF State and Territory grantees, is a software tool to help improve the quality of ACF-801 data and enhance its utilization. To use the Data Viewer on your computer you must have minimum hardware and software requirements, and you must have access to the ACF-801 monthly data files.

Using the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS)