Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF - Quality Progress Report)

This request is for non-substantive changes to the Child Care and Development Fund Quality Progress Report. These are COVID-19 related changes. Lead Agencies are required to spend a certain percent of their Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) awards on activities to improve the quality of child care. Lead Agencies are also required to invest in at least one of 10 allowable quality activities included in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014. In order to ensure that States and Territories are meeting these requirements, the CCDBG Act and the CCDF final rule require Lead Agencies to submit an annual report, identified as the Quality Progress Report (QPR), in the CCDF final rule. The report must describe how quality funds were expended, including what types of activities were funded and measures used to evaluate progress in improving the quality of child care programs and services. The QPR replaces the Quality Performance Report that was previously an appendix to the CCDF Plan. The QPR increased transparency on quality spending and will continue to gather detailed information on how States and Territories are spending their quality funds, as well as more specific data points to reflect the requirements in the CCDBG Act and the CCDF final rule. The QPR is being published in the Federal Register for a 30-day comment period to provide an opportunity for the public to summit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The first 60-day comment period on the QPR closed on June 11, 2017. The Office of Child Care (OCC) has given thoughtful consideration to the comments received during the 60-day Public Comment Period and has revised the QPR to better align with the new program requirements made under the CCDBG Act of 2014 and the final rule. The revised document also contains additional guidance and clarification where appropriate in order to improve the quality of information that is being collected. Note: A correction was also made to the burden hours.

The latest form for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF - Quality Progress Report) expires 2021-09-30 and is listed under ICR 202009-0970-016.