Index: ACYF-PI-CC-01-08 | Form ACF-696T | Instructions for Completion of Form ACF-696T | (Collection also available in Word and PDF)

Related Items: ACF Regional Administrators | ACF-696T Annual Financial Report (12/2000) | Help for ACF-696T

Program Instruction (ACYF-PI-CC-01-08)

To:

TRIBAL LEAD AGENCIES ADMINISTERING CHILD CARE PROGRAMS UNDER THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CCDBG) ACT OF 1990, AS AMENDED, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.

References:

Title VI of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA).

Purpose:

This Program Instruction reminds Tribal Lead Agencies of the CCDF financial reporting requirements. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the Form ACF-696T under OMB # 0970-0195.

Please note instructions for line 6, which make reporting on lines 6(A), 6(B) and 6(C) optional.

Background:

Section 103(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) repealed the child care programs authorized under title IV-A of the Social Security Act. PRWORA provided new direct Federal child care funds for Tribes which have been designated as Tribal Mandatory funds. The new funds, combined with the Discretionary Fund (also referred to as the Child Care and Development Block Grant), are called the Child Care and Development Fund.

Prior to PRWORA, expenditure data were collected on the SF-269 form. In an effort to simplify the reporting of expenditures, we developed this new financial reporting form, the "Child Care and Development Fund ACF-696T Financial Report (the ACF-696T)."

Attached is a copy of the ACF-696T. Tribes are required to use the ACF-696T to report expenditures for the Tribal Mandatory, Discretionary and Construction/Renovation funds issued under the CCDF.

Who Must Report:

All Tribal Lead Agencies (i.e., Tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia) that received CCDF funds available for expenditure during FY 2001 must submit complete ACF-696T form(s) by the due date listed below. It is each Tribal Lead Agency's responsibility to ensure that child care financial data are collected and reported to the Child Care Bureau in a timely manner each year.

Penalties for Non-Reporting

Failure to submit the ACF-696T report on or before the due date may be a basis for withholding financial payments, recoupment of funds previously awarded, or suspension or termination of the grant.

Guidance for Reporting:

The attached "Instructions for Completion of Form ACF-696T" contains specific guidance to assist Tribes in completing each section of the ACF-696T form. The Instructions also include definitions of CCDF terms to help Tribal Lead Agencies in accurately identifying expenditures.

Due Date:

Submission Instructions:

The ACF-696T form must be received by ACF within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (i.e. December 29 of each year)

- One copy with an original signature should be submitted to:

The Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Child Care Bureau
Room 2046, 330 C Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447

- A signed copy should also be submitted to the ACF Regional Administrator.

For future use, Tribes are requested to make sufficient copies of the attached form and instructions.

Inquiries:

Attachments:

• Form ACF-696T
  
• Instructions for Completion of Form ACF-696T

Index: ACYF-PI-CC-01-08 | Form ACF-696T | Instructions for Completion of Form ACF-696T | (Collection also available in Word and PDF)

Related Items: ACF Regional Administrators | ACF-696T Annual Financial Report (12/2000) | Help for ACF-696T