2006 CCDBG participation data are now available

On December 7, 2007, the Child Care Bureau released preliminary federal fiscal year 2006 participation data for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The data include the number of children served, the ages of children served, the types of child care settings used, and the reasons families receive assistance for each state. According to the data:

• Approximately 53,200 additional children were served in CCDBG (including TANF transfers) in FY 2006.
• The average monthly number of children served increased from 1.75 million in 2005 to 1.80 million in 2006.

In FY 2006, states received an additional $200 million in federal matching funds. CCDBG expenditure data for 2006 are not yet available.  The Administration for Children and Families does not report on the number of children receiving TANF-funded child care; therefore, an updated figure on the "total" number of children receiving child care assistance through all sources is not available.

Click here to read CLASP's fact sheet on CCDBG participation in 2006.

CLASP previously reported a preliminary analysis of TANF spending on child care in FY 2006. We will provide additional analysis on national child care spending trends as in prior years, as well as updated state-by-state child care spending pages when CCDBG expenditure data are available.