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Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

◦  CYFD Cabinet Secretary, Monique Jacobson ◦  CYFD Early Childhood Services Director, Steve Hendrix

CYFD – Child Care in New Mexico

Current Facts Child Care Providers and Subsidy Children Served by Type in NM

Current Facts

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Percent Subsidy Children in Registered Care Percent Subsidy Children in Licensed Care

Current Facts

§ # Children served through Child Care Assistance Program: Approximately 17,500 to 18,000 monthly

§ FY16 Child Care Assistance Budget: $96,607,000 § General Fund: $29,990,400 § TANF Transfer: $30,527,500 § CCDBG – CCDF: $36,089,100

§ Approximately $5.4 million per 1,000 children annually

Current Facts

§ Quality Investments: § Approximately $18 million annually on rate differen[als as quality incen[ves § Approximately $7.8 million annually on other quality ini[a[ves such as but not limited to: § T.E.A.C.H. Scholarships and Wage Incen[ves § T&TA

§ Race to the Top: Approximately $7.0 million annually

Current Facts

§ CCDF Grant § FFY15 -‐ $40,572,624 § FFY16 -‐ Es[mated $41,087,460 § Increase from FFY15 to 16 -‐ $514,836

§ Currently spending approximately 35% of CCDF grant, including TANF transfers, on quality ini[a[ves (excludes Race to the Top)

Current Facts § Other Investments: § Rate Increases July 2014 § Infant and toddler § Part [me rate modifica[ons § Established FOCUS quality differen[als

§ Aligned metro and rural rates

§ Coming October 2015 § Preschool and school-‐age increase

§ Increased FOCUS quality differen[als by age of child for 4 and 5 star level

Current Facts

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New Mexico Births by Year: 1990 through 2013

Source: NM Department of Health -‐ Indicator Based InformaAon System

Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) ReauthorizaCon

§ In November 2014 the President signed the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 into law § First CCDBG reauthoriza[on since 1996

§ CCDBG Reauthoriza[on includes § Health and Safety § Consumer and Provider Educa[on Informa[on § Family Friendly Policies § Ac[vi[es to Improve the Quality of Child Care


§ CCDBG Health and Safety Requirements § Establish health and safety requirements in 10 different topic areas (e.g., preven[on of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), first-‐aid, and CPR).

§ Child care providers serving children receiving assistance through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program must receive pre-‐service and ongoing training on such topics.

§ Criminal background checks for all child care staff members, including staff members who don’t care directly for children but have unsupervised access to children, and specifies disqualifying crimes.

§ Cer[fica[on that child care providers will comply with child abuse repor[ng requirements.


§ CCDBG Health and Safety Requirements § Conduct pre-‐licensure and annual unannounced inspec[ons of licensed CCDF providers and annual inspec[ons of license-‐exempt CCDF providers.

§ Qualifica[ons and training for licensing inspectors and appropriate inspector-‐to-‐provider ra[os.

§ Standards for CCDF providers regarding group size limits and appropriate child-‐to-‐provider ra[os based on the age of children in child care.

§ Emergency preparedness planning and statewide disaster plans for child care.


§ CCDBG Consumer and Provider Educa[on Informa[on Requirements § Make available by electronic means, easily accessible provider-‐specific informa[on showing results of monitoring and inspec[on reports, as well as the number of deaths, serious injuries, and instances of substan[ated child abuse that occur in child care sekngs each year.

§ A website describing processes for licensing and monitoring child care providers, processes for conduc[ng criminal background checks, and offenses that prevent individuals from being child care providers.


§ CCDBG Family Friendly Policy Requirements § Establishes a 12-‐month eligibility re-‐determina[on period for CCDF families, regardless of changes in income (as long as income does not exceed the federal threshold of 85% of State median income) or temporary changes in par[cipa[on in work, training, or educa[on ac[vi[es.

§ Allows States the op[on to terminate assistance prior to re-‐determina[on if a parent loses employment, however assistance must be con[nued for at least 3 months to allow for job search.


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§ CCDBG Family Friendly Policy Requirements § Eligibility re-‐determina[ons should not require parents to unduly disrupt their employment.

§ Graduated phase-‐out of assistance for families whose income has increased at the [me of re-‐determina[on, but remains below the federal threshold.

§ Procedures for enrollment of homeless children pending comple[on of documenta[on, and training and outreach to promote access to services for homeless families.


§ CCDBG Ac[vi[es to Improve the Quality of Child Care Requirements § Phases-‐in increase in minimum quality set-‐aside from 4% to 9% over a 5-‐year period. In addi[on, requires States to spend minimum of 3% to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers.

§ Requires States to spend quality funds on at least 1 of 10 specified quality ac[vi[es, which include developing [ered quality ra[ng systems and suppor[ng statewide resource and referral services.

§ Requires establishment of professional development and training requirements with ongoing annual training and progression to improve knowledge and skills of CCDF providers.


§ CCDBG Ac[vi[es to Improve the Quality of Child Care § Requires States to implement Early Learning and Development Guidelines describing what children should know and be able to do, appropriate from birth to kindergarten entry.

§ Includes provisions on social-‐emo[onal health of children, including providing consumer and provider educa[on about policies regarding expulsions of children from early care and educa[on programs and developmental screenings for children at risk of cogni[ve or developmental delays.


§ CCDBG Other Provisions § Equal Access: Requires States to conduct a market rate survey, or use an alterna[ve methodology, such as a cost es[ma[on model, and describe how payment rates will be established based on results of the survey or alterna[ve methodology, taking into account cost of providing higher quality services.

§ Supply-‐building: States must develop strategies for increasing supply and quality of services for children in underserved areas, infants and toddlers, children with disabili[es, and children in non-‐tradi[onal hour care—which may include use of grants/contracts and alterna[ve reimbursement.


§ CCDBG Other Provisions § Provider payment prac;ces: States must establish policies that reflect generally accepted payment prac[ces for child care providers, including (to the extent prac[cable) paying for absence days, and [mely reimbursement for child care services.

§ Technical assistance set-‐aside: Establishes a set-‐aside of up to ½ of 1% for technical assistance on administering the CCDF program.

§ Research set-‐aside: Establishes a set-‐aside of up to ½ of 1% to conduct research and demonstra[on ac[vi[es, as well as periodic, external, independent evalua[ons of the CCDF program.


§ CCDBG Other Provisions § Plan period: Changes CCDF Plan period from 2 to 3-‐year Plan cycle.

§ Plan due date has been pushed to March 2016 § Final plan will not be available un[l later this Fall § Currently working on the most current version of the plan pre-‐print

§ An[cipate a plan draq being posted for input in December 2015

Thoughts/ConsideraCons

§ Child care serves two roles § Parent support § Early educa[on

§ Should there be a balance between quality and quan[ty? § At what point does par[cipa[on in the workforce decrease due to increased cost of care? § The “Child Care in State Economies” report es[mates that a 10% increase in the cost of care will reduce employment of single mothers by 3-‐4% and married mothers by 5-‐6% § And… that public funding as a share of child care industry revenue in New Mexico resides at 46.2% currently (almost half)

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