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through work activities to transition off to TANF assistance, or are at risk of becoming dependent
on TANF assistance. (As a practical matter, a state can define a very broad group of low income
families as falling within these categories.) In addition, the state must spend at least 4% of its CCDF
funds (i.e., Discretionary, Mandatory, and Federal and State share of Matching Funds) on "quality"
activities (discussed below), and may elect to spend more. And, no more than 5% of the funds
expended (i.e, Discretionary, Mandatory, and Federal and State share of Matching Funds) may be
used for administrative activities. Of funds remaining, a state must spend a substantial portion to
provide child care services to low-income working families(6) and are required to give priority for
services to children of families with very low family income (considering family size and children
with special needs) (7)
3. Eligible Children and Families
States have substantial discretion in determining which children and families will be eligible for
CCDF-funded assistance. Federal law establishes the outer limits of eligibility, but states are not
required to provide assistance to all families who are potentially eligible under federal law, and the
federal government has recently estimated that states are currently assisting only about 10% of the
families potentially eligible under federal law.
Under the federal law, a family must have an "eligible child" in order to receive CCDF assistance:
Age: To be eligible for child care services, a child must be under 13 years of
age; or, at the option of the Lead Agency, be under age 19 and physically or
mentally incapable of caring for himself or herself, or under court
supervision (8)
Financial Eligibility: To be eligible, a child must reside with a family whose
income does not exceed 85 percent of the State's median income for a family of
PHOTOCOPY
the
same
size
(9)
The
income
cap
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he waived if necessary, on a case-by-case
basis for families receiving or needing to receive protective services (10) This
PRESERVATION
waiver can also be extended apply to children in foster care if the state elects
to treat children in foster care to be child Iren in protective services for purposes
of CCDF eligibility (11)
Parental Status: To be eligible, a child must reside with a parent(12) or parents
who are working or attending a job training or educational program; or receive,
or need to receive, protective services and reside with a parent or parents who
are not working or attending a job training or educational program.
Other criteria: A CCDF grantee or other administering agency may establish
additional eligibility conditions or priority rules so long as they do not:
discriminate against children on the basis of race, national origin,
ethnic background, sex, religious affiliation, or disability;
limit parental rights; or
violate CCDF eligibility rules, the requirement for a priority for
very low income families and special needs children, or the
entity's CCDF Plan. In particular, such conditions or priority rules
may not be based on a parent's preference for a category of care
or type of provider. In addition, such additional conditions or rules
may not be based on a parent's choice of a child care
certificate (13)
In practice, the effect of federal eligibility rules depends on how a state defines a number of key
terms (14)
It is up to each state to decide who is authorized to determine CCDF eligibility and where the
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