The Family Percentage of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) reflects the changes in CCFAP income guidelines. Adjustments to the months in the graphs affected by the income guideline changes are as follows: 

*CCFAP income guidelines effective April 7th, 2024, now include families at 375% and 400% of the FPL. 

*The most recent CCFAP income guidelines can be found here.

Methodology

The data captured in this Scorecard are families that have applied and have been determined eligible for child care financial assistance. Each data point is captured on a family's CCFAP application. Families can have multiple applications in a given month. The data represents the number of unduplicated eligible families and the data comes from their most up-to-date application for that month.

CCFAP Family Size: The total number of families each month who fall under the given family size categories.

CCFAP Family Percentage of Federal Poverty Level (FPL): The total number of families each month who fall under the given percentage of the FPL. Countable income and family size are used to calculate a family's percentage of the FPL. This is done by comparing their income and family size to the effective guidelines to receive CCFAP. A family is counted under a certain FPL percentage if they do not exceed that percentage and are greater than the previous percentage. Example: If a family's calculated percentage of the FPL is 168%, they would be counted under the 175% category.

CCFAP Family Service Need: The total number of families each month who fall under the given family service need category.