Program Instruction ACYF-PI-CC-05-06—TANF High Performance Bonus Awards-Child Care Measure (Also available in Word and PDF, ACF-900 Form available in Excel)

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Instructions for Completing ACYF-900 Child Care Report

Instructions for Completing ACF-900 Child Care Report

For States wishing to compete for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) High Performance Bonus (HPB) on the Child Care Measure, the following information will be required:

• All age-specific rates for children 0 - 13 years of age reported by the child day care centers and family day care homes responding to the State’s market rate survey; and

• The provider’s county or, if the State uses multi-county regions to measure market rates or set maximum payment rates, the administrative region.

To enable the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to compare the data reported on the ACF-801 with the ACF-900, the State must provide, as an addendum, the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code or codes corresponding to each county or administrative region. Access to the three digit county codes is available through the Child Care Bureau at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/report/formhelp/acf801/helpdocs/context.htm.

The ACF-900 should be completed using information from the market rate survey required by 45 CFR 98.43 (Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) final rule) and described in the State’s approved CCDF Plan for October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2003.

Separately for child care centers and family child care homes, the State should complete the ACF-900 by providing full monthly rates at the 75th percentile in the age categories noted for each county or administrative region.

If the State’s market rate survey does not collect information about provider fees on a monthly basis, daily fees should be converted to monthly fees using 22 as the multiplier, e.g., $20.00 per day times 22 equals a monthly rate of $440.00.

If the State differentiates market rates in age categories that vary from those provided in the form, the State should provide the market rate information applicable to the youngest age grouping. For example, if the State collected information about infant rates for children ages 0 – 18 months and for preschoolers using 19 – 72 months, use the applicable infant rate in the row labeled 13 – 24 months.

Hard copy of the ACF-900 is for display purposes only. The data submitted must be provided electronically, i.e., as a Microsoft Excel file or equivalent.

“The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995”

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed and reviewing the collection of information.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.