Child Care and Development Fund

NDHHS reported $59,144,895 of these funds served children ages 0–5. As a percent of the total CCDF funds, 56.6%, were used to serve children 0–5.

To estimate the federal and state split of the $59.1 million in funds for children 0–5, the 0–5 total was multiplied by each corresponding percentage. This yielded an estimate of $26,106,827 from federal funds and $33,038,068 from state funds.

Because states are permitted to transfer a portion of their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant to be used for their child care subsidy program, the report of federal funds allocated for children birth to age 5 included both CCDF dollars and TANF transfer dollars. To determine 0–5 dollars associated with each mechanism, we calculated the amount coming from each funding source. According to data provided by NDHHS, 56.6% of total funds were allocated for 0–5.

To arrive at the allocation of dollars for children 0–5, the total TANF transferviii was multiplied by the percent of federal funds for children 0–5.

Subtracting the TANF Transfer estimate from the reported combined total yields an estimate of $16,731,953 from CCDF federal funds for children 0–5.