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 October 6th, 2024, now include families at 425% through 575% of the FPL. 

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

Methodology

The data captured in this Scorecard represents the number of families that have applied and have been determined eligible for child care financial assistance. Families can have multiple applications in a given month and therefore, the data below comes from a family's most up-to-date application for that month. Protective Services children are not capture in this data. For more information on the Vermont Child Care Financial Assistance Program, click here.

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.

For more background, look for the "Story Behind the Curve" which can be found by expanding the view for a given category.