United States: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Subsidies
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies are federal-state benefits, the national government sets broad requirements for state CCDF subsidy programs, but states maintain a wide degree of discretion, and income eligibility limits, work requirements, state payment rates, family co-payments, and other key program decisions vary greatly across the states. [More detail...]
National Participant & Spending Data
Participants
Number of recipients
| Number of recipients (families)1 | 1.0 million families (FY 2004) |
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| Number of recipients (children)1 | 1.7 million children (FY 2004) |
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Benefit coverage
| All eligible families who applied were served2 | Not applicable (2005) |
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Spending
Total spending
| Total spending (state and federal)3 | $9.3 billion (FY 2004) |
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Data Notes and Sources
Data on CCDF Subsidies were compiled by NCCP in January 2006. Some state policy decisions may have changed since these data were collected.
- Data reflect the average monthly number served through CCDF (i.e., figures reported by states have been "adjusted" by the Child Care Bureau to reflect the number funded through CCDF only, including through TANF funds transferred into CCDF). Many states provide additional child care subsidies outside of CCDF, through, for example, direct TANF child care spending.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care Bureau, Preliminary estimates "Average Monthly Number of Families and Children Served (FFY 2004)" (ACF-800 and ACF-801 data), 2005, http://www.acf.hhs.gov (accessed December 23, 2005).
- Note that subsidy eligibility criteria and application policies and procedures vary significantly between states.
Karen Schulman and Helen Blank, Child Care Assistance Policies 2005: States Fail to Make up Lost Ground, Families Continue to Lack Critical Supports, National Women's Law Center, September 2005
- Data reflect CCDF spending only, including spending of TANF funds transferred into CCDF. Many states provide additional child care subsidies outside of CCDF, through, for example, direct TANF child care spending.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care Bureau, "Child Care Expenditures During FFY 2004" (ACF-696 data), 2005, http://www.acf.hhs.gov (accessed December 23, 2005).
