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Strengthening Early Childhood in Kansas in 2019

WEBINAR December 11, 2019

▸ Finalizing Needs Assessment Report ▸ Strategic Plan Development ▸ Online Share Form - https://kschildrenscabinet.org/share/ ▸ PDG B-5 Grant Submission – Award Announcements (12/31/2019) ▸ Children’s Cabinet & Trust Fund Meetings / Advisory Team Meeting Schedule 2020 ▸ February 7 ▸ April 3 ▸ June 5

What’s Next?

Webinar Schedule

▸ Kansas Early Childhood Systems Building Webinar Dates

▸ No webinar on January 1st ▸ January 15 ▸ January 29

▸ Full 2020 Schedule Coming Soon https://kschildrenscabinet.org/get-involved/

Roadshow Tour

▸ Kansas City, Kansas

• Friday, December 13 | 10-11AM
• The Family Conservancy

▸ Overland Park

• Friday, December 13 | 3-4PM
• Hilltop Learning Center

▸ Online Recording

• Coming Soon!

Child Care Development Fund

December 11, 2019

Department for Children and Families

Economic and Employment Services

Child Care Development Fund

CCDF if the primary federal program specifically devoted to providing child care subsidy and funding supports to improve child care quality.

General Information

Child Care Development Fund

Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014

• Health and Safety Requirements for Child Care Providers
• Transparent Consumer and Provider Education Information
• Family Friendly Eligibility Policies
• Activities to Improve Quality of Child Care

CCDBG ACT OF 2014

Child Care Development Fund

Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014

• Equal Access
• Supply-building
• Provider Payment Practices
• Technical Assistance set-aside
• Research set-aside
• Waiver authority

CCDBG Act of 2014

Child Care Development Fund

Lead Agency: Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF)

• Child Care Subsidy Program
• Child Care Quality including the Links to Quality Program

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)

• Child Care Licensing

General Information

Child Care Development Fund

The Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) requires a comprehensive three year plan that supports low income families by providing access to affordable, high quality early care and afterschool programs. Administration of Children and Families’ (ACF), Office of Child Care, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG)

General Information

Child Care Development Fund

• The current state plan is for 2019-2021 and was submitted

August 31, 2018

• Effective Date 10-01-2019
• The current state plan can be found at:

http://www.dcf.ks.gov/services/ees/Documents/Child_Care/FFY2019- 2021StatePlan-Amendment1.pdf

ACF-118 State Plan

Child Care Development Fund

CCDF is jointly financed by federal and state funds through three funding streams: mandatory, matching and discretionary funds.

General Information

Child Care Development Fund

• Minimum of 70% of must be used to assist the child care needs of

low income families or families who are receiving TANF.

• Minimum of 3% activities to improve the supply and quality of care

for infants and toddlers.

• Minimum of 9% Quality Activities
• Maximum of 5% for administrative costs

CCDF Funding Parameters

General Information

• 30 percent of TANF block grant funds may be transferred to CCDF
• 10 percent of TANF block grant funds may be transferred to the

Social Service Block Grant (SSBG).

CCDF and TANF Funding

General Information

State Territorial Plan ACF-118 Agreement between Lead Agency and Federal Government Biennially (due July 1 prior to reporting year) Financial Report ACF-696 Estimates and expenditures for Mandatory Fund, Matching Fund, and Discretionary Fund Quarterly (due 30 days after end of quarter) Aggregate and Case Level Reports ACF-801 Unduplicated annual counts of children and families served Monthly or Quarterly (Grantee’s choice)

Federal Reports

Child Care Development Fund

CCDF Leadership and Coordination with Relevant Systems. Consultation and Coordination Activities.

KSDE: Part C 619, Pre-K, Parents as Teachers, KDHE: MIECHV, Part C- Infant Toddler Services, Child Care Licensing Systems Improvement Team, State Agency Early Childhood Leadership Team, Links to Quality Advisory Group and Work Groups, KCCTO, Children’s Cabinet, Child Care Aware of Kansas, Child Care Provider Coalition, Kansas Head Start Association, Tribes and many others

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 1

Child Care Development Fund

Promote Family Engagement Through Outreach & Consumer Education

• Increased consumer education requirements including:
• posting of findings/complaints and quality information on child care providers,
• aggregate data on serious injuries, deaths, and substantiated cases of child

abuse/neglect that have occurred in child care settings each year must be posted on the website, and the

• availability of a consumer friendly website.
• The Kansas Quality Network was developed and can be found at

http://ksqualitynetwork.org/

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 2

Child Care Development Fund

Provide Stable Child Care Financial Assistance to Families Child Care Subsidy: To initially qualify for child care assistance, a family must:

• Include at least one child under the age of 13, or age 13 to 18 and incapable of caring

for him or herself

• Have countable income below 185% of the FPL
• Have an allowable need for child care
• Choose a child care provider who has an agreement with DCF.

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 3

Child Care Development Fund

Child Care Reasons

• Families who receive TANF
• Low-income, working families.
• Some families in education or training activities - This provides help

for keeping a job or getting a better job.

• Teen parents completing high school or GED.
• Social services (parents in crisis situations) or child in foster care

placement

Child Care Subsidy

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 3

If a family meets eligibility criteria, factors that will influence the actual benefit amount are:

• Household’s countable income
• Household size
• Parent’s work schedule
• Child’s school schedule
• Age of child
• Child care setting (i.e. CCC, LDCH, etc.)
• County where provider is located

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 3

Child Care Development Fund

Redetermination period of not less than 12 months Graduated Phase Out Policy Three Month Continuation of Care (State Option) October 1, 2018 Policy Revisions:

• Initial: 185% income eligibility requirement
• At review: If income exceeds 185% of the FPL, but

remains under 85% of the SMI, the family would remain eligible for 12 month in the Tier #2 eligibility group.

• Limited reporting and acting upon changes.

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 3

Child Care Development Fund

• Allows for homeless children to receive Child Care Assistance after

an initial eligibility determination, but before providing required documentation

• Provide training and technical assistance to child care providers on

identifying and serving homeless children and families

• Provides for outreach to better serve homeless families

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 3

Child Care Development Fund

Ensure Equal Access to Child Care for Low-Income Children

• Parental choice
• Payment practices and timeliness of payments
• Supply building strategies to meet the needs of certain

populations

ACF-118 State Plan-Section 4

Child Care Development Fund

• To assess market rates and child care costs, States must use a Market

Rate Survey or an Approved Alternative Methodology.

• A market rate analysis must be completed every three years.
• Any rate adjustment must be based on data from the most recent

market analysis completed.

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 4

Child Care Development Fund

Establish Standards and Monitoring processes to ensure the Health and Safety of Child Care Settings

• Licensing requirements and standards
• Monitoring and enforcement policies and practices
• Criminal background checks

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 5

Child Care Development Fund

Monitoring Policies and Practices

• Monitoring inspections for Licensed CCDF Providers
• Inspections for License-Exempt CCDF Providers

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• States may exempt relative providersxempt

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 5

Child Care Development Fund

States must ensure:

• Health and safety requirements for providers relating to 12 specific

topic areas are addressed.

• Pre-service or orientation training requirements, appropriate to the

provider setting, address these health and safety topic areas.

• Annual health and safety training is completed in these topic areas.

Health and safety requirements for providers relating to 12 specific topic

areas are addressed.

ACF-118 State Plan-Section 5

Child Care Development Fund

Comprehensive Criminal Background Checks

The CCDBG Act of 2014 defines what a comprehensive criminal background check includes. A criminal background check must include a search of:

• State criminal and sex offender registry in the state where the staff member

resides and each state where the staff member has resided over the past 5 years;

• State child abuse and neglect registry in the state where the staff member resides

and each state where the staff member has resided over the past 5 years;

• National Crime Information Center (FBI);
• FBI fingerprint check using Next Generation Identification; and
• National Sex Offender Registry.

ACF-118 State Plan- Section 5

Child Care Development Fund

Recruit and Retain a Qualified and Effective Child Care Workforce

Health and Safety Training

• Initial and Annual Training
• Financial and Technical Assistance
• CDA Assistance, scholarships for training, and technical assistance

ACF-118 State Plan-Section 6

Child Care Development Fund

• Workforce Development- Interactive On-line Training,

Face to Face Training, Technical Assistance

• Career Pathway Review
• Early Learning Standards (KELS)
• Providers serving families who are homeless
• Strengthening Business Practices

ACF-118 State Plan-Section 6

Child Care Development Fund

Support Continuous Quality Improvement

• KDHE Child Care Licensing
• Child Care Aware of Kansas
• Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities (KCCTO)
• Kansas Enrichment Network (KEN)
• Kansas Early Head Start –Child Care Partnerships
• Links to Quality (Kansas QRIS)

ACF-118 State Plan-Section 7

Child Care Development Fund

Ensure Program Integrity and Accountability through internal controls and accountability measurements.

ACF-118 State Plan-Section 8

Child Care Development Fund

State Fiscal Year 2019 Actual: $67,096,313 State Fiscal Year 2020 Estimate: $67,813,041 State Fiscal Year 2021 Estimate: $67,813,041

CCDF Funding

Kansas Funding

Administration $1,585,161 KEES/Information Tech. $1,632,843 Regional Offices $4,349,965 Child Care Assistance $24,301,172

CCDF Funding

Administration, Systems, CC Assistance

Child Care Licensing – KS Dept. of Health and Environment $3,571,195 Kansas Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership Grantees $5,836,965 QRIS-Program: Links to Quality (development, pilot, evaluation) $743,843

CCDF Funding

Quality Funding

Resource and Referral Services – Child Care Aware $1,057,484 Infant Toddler TA Network – KS Child Care Training Opportunities $1,379,911 Workforce Development – KS Child Care Training Opportunities $1,234,826

CCDF Funding

Quality Funding

Daisey –data management system $38,075 Kansas Enrichment Network (KEN) $62,727 Child Care Assistance for Children in Foster Care $21,124 State Interagency Coordinating Council $7,000

CCDF Funding

Quality Funding

L2Q Expansion

• Pilot ends April 2020
• Additional Learning Community Consultants

for 5 current learning communities

• Adding 6th Learning Community
• Start-up Link
• L2Q Development Specialist

Child Care Related

PDG Proposed Activity

Thank you! CCDF Funding

KS Department for Children and Families

Strengthening Early Childhood in Kansas in 2019

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