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FY 2019 CCDBG data show slight increases in spending and participation; provider participation continues to decline
Child care is a worthwhile investment for children, families, and our country’s future. However, most families struggle to find and afford quality child care that meets their needs. This struggle is exacerbated for families with low incomes—particularly those who also identify as families of color due to longstanding racial and economic inequity. Yet, these funds continue to fall short of meeting need, only reaching 1 in 7 eligible children nationally.
In a new fact sheet [[link removed]] , CLASP provides detailed state-by-state analyses of the most recently available comprehensive data on child care spending and participation through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. This fact sheet details fiscal year (FY) 2019 federal funding available to states and identifies how they spent those funds, as well as the impact on children’s and providers’ child care assistance program participation.
Given the delay in the public release of data, these analyses do not reflect the devastating impacts that have rippled through the child care system more recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, these data provide a foundational understanding of how federal funding supported state spending and program participation leading up to one of the most devastating blows to the child care system. The analysis shows:
*
Total
combined
spending
on
child
care
assistance—comprised
of
CCDBG
and
TANF-related
funds—totaled
$13.3
billion
(9
percent
increase
from
FY
2018).


*
CCDBG
expenditures
totaled
$10.3
billion
(12
percent
increase
from
FY
2018).


*
States
spent
$1.4
billion
in
federal
TANF
funds
directly
on
child
care
(9
percent
decrease
from
FY
2018)
and
$1.6
billion
in
additional
TANF
Maintenance
of
Effort
or
MOE
(spending
that
exceeded
the
reported
amount
spent
on
CCDBG
MOE).


*
1.4
million
children
received
CCDBG-funded
child
care
(6
percent
increase
from
FY
2018).


*
Only
244,055
providers
accepted
children
with
CCDBG
subsides,
an
all-time
low
(6
percent
decrease
from
2018).


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