Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 105— - COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II–B— - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT › § 9858i
States that get these child care funds must collect specific information about each family every month and send it to the Secretary every three months. The data includes things like family income, county, children’s gender, race, and age, whether the parent is single, how the family gets money (for example, work, TANF, certain State programs, housing help, SNAP, or other aid), how many months they got benefits, what type of child care the child used, whether the provider was a relative, the child care cost and average hours per month, and whether the children are homeless. A State may collect this information from a scientifically chosen sample approved by the Secretary. The Secretary will give sampling plans, can check data quality, and the reports must not include personal identifying information. Not later than 1 year after November 19, 2014, and every year after that, each State must send the Secretary an annual summary with totals and breakdowns (for example, number of providers by type, monthly costs and how much the subsidy paid, number of payments by vouchers/contracts/cash/disregards, how parent education was given and how many parents got it, total unduplicated children and families served, and child fatalities in care by provider type and licensing status). After each approved program period ends, a State must have an independent audit of how it spent these funds. The audit must follow accepted auditing rules. Within 30 days of finishing the audit, the State must give a copy to its legislature and to the Secretary. If the audit finds money was not spent correctly, the State must repay the United States or the Secretary may take back the amount from other funds.
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42 U.S.C. § 9858i
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73