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Child Care and Development Fund Report of State Plans FY 2002-2003

Child Care and Development Fund Report of State Plans FY 2002-2003 was prepared for the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under contract with the National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), by Susan Burkhardt, Oxana Golden, Eric Karolak, and Louise Stoney.

This document is for informational purposes only. No official endorsement of any practice, publication, program, or individual by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Children and Families, the Child Care Bureau, or the National Child Care Information Center is intended or is to be inferred.

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Cover (PDF 446K)

Letter(HTML | PDF 17K)

Executive Summary (HTML | PDF 29K)

Introduction (HTML | PDF 120K)

Part IAdministration (HTML | PDF 550K)

• Sections 1.1 and 1.2 — Child Care and Development Fund Lead Agency
• Section 1.3 — Estimated Funding for Child Care
  • Table 1.3 Estimated Funding for Child Care Services, Federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), and State Monies, FFY 2002
• Section 1.4 — Estimated Costs of Administration
  • Table 1.4 Estimated Costs of Administration of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
• Section 1.5 — Administration and Implementation
  •  Table 1.5 Other Agencies that Administer and Implement CCDF Programs and Activities
• Sections 1.6 and 1.7 — Specific Eligibility, Referral and Payment Functions
  • Chart 1.6 Number of States in which Lead Agency Itself Administers Eligibility, Provider-Locating, and Provider Payment Functions
• Section 1.8 — Use of Private Donated Funds
• Section 1.9 — Use of State Prekindergarten Expenditures

Part IIDeveloping the Child Care Program (HTML | PDF 578K)

• Section 2.1 — Consultation and Results of Coordination   
• Table 2.1State Consultation and Coordination  
• Section 2.2 — Public Hearing Process
• Section 2.3 — Public-Private Partnerships

Part IIIDescription of Child Care Services Offered (HTML | PDF 3.6M)

• Section 3.1.1 — Certificates, Grants, and Contracts
• Section 3.1.2 — Limitations on In-Home Care
  • Table 3.1.2Limitations on the Use of In-Home Care
• Section 3.2 — Payment Rates
  • Chart 3.2Effective Date of Rate Structure Relative to Date of Market Rate Survey
  • Table 3.2.1Rate Survey and Rate Schedule Dates
  • Chart 3.2.2Percentage Change in Infant Rate Ceilings, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 Plan Cycle
  • Table 3.2.2Subsidy Reimbursement Rate Ceilings by Category of Care, Largest Urban Area
  • Chart 3.2.3Percentage Change in Toddler Ceilings, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 Plan Cycle
  • Table 3.2.3Infant Subsidy Reimbursement Rate Ceilings, Largest Urban Area
  • Chart 3.2.4Percentage Change in Preschool Rate Ceilings, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 Plan Cycle
  • Table 3.2.4 Toddler Subsidy Reimbursement Rate Ceilings, Largest Urban Area
  • Chart 3.2.5Percentage Change in School-Age Rate Ceilings, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 Plan Cycle
  • Table 3.2.5Preschool Subsidy Reimbursement Rate Ceilings, Largest Urban Area
  • Table 3.2.6 School-Age Subsidy Reimbursement Rate Ceilings, Largest Urban Area
  • Table 3.2.7Adjusted Rates for Unregulated Care
  • Chart 3.2.8 Units of Service States Use to Reimburse Providers
• Section 3.3 — Eligibility Criteria for Child Care
  • Chart 3.3Distribution of State Income Eligibility Limits as a Percentage of State Median Income (SMI)
  • Table 3.3 Income Eligibility Thresholds and State Median Income (SMI), Family of Three
• Section 3.3.2 — Income Definitions for Eligibility Determination
• Section 3.3.3 — Additional Eligibility Conditions
• Sections 3.3.4 - 3.3.8 — Special Eligibility Considerations
• Section 3.3.4
  • Table 3.3.4-3.3.8Special Eligibility Considerations
• Section 3.3.5
• Section 3.3.6
• Section 3.3.7
• Section 3.3.8
• Section 3.4 — Priorities for Children
• Section 3.5 — Sliding Fee Scale
  • Table 3.5Copayment Policies, Based on Family of 3
  • Chart 3.5.1How States Determine Copayment Levels
  • Chart 3.5.2State Copayment Waiver Policies for Families at/below Poverty Level
• Section 3.6 — Certificate Payment System

Part IVProcesses with Parents (HTML | PDF 293K)

• Section 4.1 — Application and Receipt of Child Care Services
  • Chart 4.1.1How States Permit Parents to Apply for Child Care Assistance
  • Table 4.1Promoting Awareness of Child Care Subsidies
  • Chart 4.1.2Length of State Authorization of Payment Periods
• Section 4.2 — State Records of Substantiated Complaints by Parents
  • Table 4.2Selected Methods Used to Report Substantiated Parental Complaints
• Section 4.3 — Affording Parents Unlimited Access to their Children in Care
• Section 4.4 — TANF Terminology

Part VActivities and Services to Improve the Quality and Availability of Child Care (HTML | PDF 483K)

• Section 5.1 — CCDF Earmarks
• Section 5.2 — Quality Set-Aside Estimates
  • Chart 5.2State Estimates of the Percentage of CCDF Set Aside for Quality Activities
  • Table 5.2Estimated CCDF Set-Aside for Quality Activities
• Section 5.3 — Quality Activities
• Section 5.4 — Summary of Quality Activities

Part VIHealth and Safety Requirements for Providers (HTML | PDF 261K)

• Sections 6.1 - 6.5 — Requirements for Center-based, Family, and In-home Providers
• Section 6.1 — Health and Safety Requirements for Center-Based Providers
  • Chart 6.1Number of States Requiring All Facilities Paid with CCDF Funds to Meet Licensing Laws
• Section 6.2 — Health and Safety Requirements for Group Home Providers
  • Chart 6.2.1State Approaches to Relative Providers and Health and Safety Requirements, 2000-2001
  • Chart 6.2.2State Approaches to Relative Providers and Health and Safety Requirements, 2002-2003
• Section 6.3 — Health and Safety Requirements for Family Providers
• Section 6.4 — Health and Safety Requirements for In-home Providers
• Section 6.5 — Exemptions to Health and Safety Requirements
• Section 6.6 — Enforcement of Health and Safety Requirements
• Section 6.7 — Exemptions from Immunization Requirements
  • Table 6.7Exemptions from Immunization Requirements

Appendix

• State Child Care and Development Fund Contacts(HTML | PDF 24K)
• Eligibility and Priority Terminology (HTML | PDF 214K)
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Terminology (HTML | PDF 78K)

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• CCDF Administration
• Licensing Regulations
• Partnerships & Collaboration
• Quality
• Special Needs & Disabilities
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