Quality Progress Report (ACF-218) for the CCDF Program for the Fiscal Year 2019

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care has issued a Program Instruction (PI) to State and Territorial lead agencies administering the Child Care and Development Fund. The Instruction pertains to how to collect and submit information for the Quality Progress Report (QPR) for Fiscal Year 2019. The QPR identifies funded activities and measures used to evaluate progress on the quality of child care programs and services for children up to age 13. The QPR data will not be used to determine compliance with spending requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule. Compliance with spending requirements will be reported in the ACF-696 CCDF Financial Reporting Form. State and Territorial Lead Agencies are required to complete and submit the QPR (ACF-218) for FFY 2019 (October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019) by December 31, 2019.