Child Care Assistance Spending and Participation in 2014

Drawing on state-reported data, this brief from CLASP provides analysis of national trends for spending and participation in Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and TANF-funded child care programs during federal fiscal year 2014. The analysis shows that the number of children receiving CCDBG-funded child care assistance had reached a 16-year low and overall federal and state spending for child care assistance and participation in CCDBG-funded child care was at historically low levels.