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Child Care and Development Fund outlays, FY2027
What will Child Care and Development Fund outlays be in fiscal year 2027, in nominal dollars?
current forecast · 80% CI$12.5B
$9B$12.5B$17B
history:FY2019: $9.5BFY2021: $13BFY2023: $11.8BFY2025e: $12B
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- 201 CDF points
- ledger fact
- acf.ccdf.outlays.fy2027
Key drivers
- Discretionary appropriations
- State subsidy rates
- Eligible child care demand
- TANF transfers into CCDF
Resolution
- source
- HHS ACF CCDF expenditure data
- expected
- March 31, 2028
- rule
- Resolves to total Child Care and Development Fund expenditures for FY2027, in billions of nominal dollars, using the first official ACF-696-based HHS ACF expenditure data release for FY2027.
- Data point
- acf.ccdf.outlays.fy2027
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