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This Technical Bulletin describes how to upload the ACF-801 in the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) and how to use the Summary Data Assessment Report (Summary Report or SAR).

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Annual ACF-800 Report submitted by states and territories to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Care (OCC), including key state-level data required by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-186).

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the ACF-801 Child Care Case Record Form. This Form, which is submitted by States and Territories to the Office of Child Care (OCC), includes key case-level data required by the statute governing the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).

This Technical Bulletin describes the formatting requirements for the ACF-801 data submission file. These formatting guidelines should be followed by all States and Territories when creating the file for electronic submission to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). All questions about the file format should be directed to the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) Team. This Technical Bulletin provides guidance for implementing provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (Public Law 113-186) of 2014 and makes other revisions to strengthen administrative data reporting 

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for Part 3: American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Stabilization Grants of the ACF-700 CCDF Tribal Annual Report and clarifies some frequently asked questions about this section of the report. Part 3 was added to the ACF-700 Report to capture data on the distribution and use of American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Stabilization Grants beginning with the 2021 Federal fiscal year. The ARP Act included funding for child care grants to stabilize the child care sector and build back a stronger child care system that best supports the families and providers. Tribal Lead Agencies were required to spend stabilization funds to support the stability of the child care sector during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency. Part 3 of the ACF-700 form should include information about the ARP stabilization grants awarded to providers during the Federal fiscal year.

The purpose of this Bulletin is to clarify questions and issues related to the Tribal Grantee reporting requirements, and to address recent changes to the Tribal Annual Child Care Report (ACF-700).

The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to clarify reporting issues for Tribal grantees that own and operate a child care center (Tribally Operated Center - TOC) to deliver all or part of their child care services funded by Child Care Development Fund (CCDF). The bulletin addresses frequently asked questions that these grantees have raised with the Office of Child Care (OCC), and with the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) Technical Assistance (TA) Team.

The purpose of this technical bulletin is to clarify issues related to the ACF-700 reporting requirements and to address some of the questions for which tribal grantees have sought assistance from the CARS TA Team.

The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to clarify several issues surrounding the ACF-801 reporting requirements. Section II provides guidance related to definitions of specific data elements and data element response options. Section III contains contact information if you have questions or need further assistance.

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Annual ACF-800 Report, including new requirements associated with the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law113-186). The changes required by reauthorization include: 1) addition of element #2a — number of child fatalities (total and by care type, 2) discontinuation of  element #10 — consumer education content topics, 3) change in #11 — methods of consumer education used, and 4) change in the list of non-CCDF funds in the Child Care budget pool. All of these changes are required with the FFY 2016 report.