Health and Family Services
Community Based Services
Child Care
Actual FY 2024Actual FY 2025Revised FY 2026Recommended FY 2027Recommended FY 2028
SOURCE OF FUNDS
General Fund
Regular Appropriation89,688,00051,000,00055,700,50053,350,50053,350,500
Continuing Approp-General Fund14,780,9161,767,200
Budget Reduction-General Fund(2,350,000)
Other(46,260,000)(7,813,696)
Total General Fund43,428,00057,967,22055,117,70053,350,50053,350,500
Tobacco Fund
Tobacco Settlement - Phase I9,900,0009,900,0009,500,0009,500,0009,500,000
Continuing Approp-Tob Settlement1,697,163
Total Tobacco Fund11,597,1639,900,0009,500,0009,500,0009,500,000
Restricted Funds
Balance Forward476,216482,497466,700
Current Receipts12,87915,9551,533,3001,309,0001,309,000
Total Restricted Funds489,095498,4522,000,0001,309,0001,309,000
Federal Fund
Balance Forward5,316,970(6,527,968)1,662,400
Current Receipts448,575,403272,614,817268,337,600269,986,400270,105,400
Total Federal Fund453,892,374266,086,849270,000,000269,986,400270,105,400
TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS509,406,632334,452,521336,617,700334,145,900334,264,900
EXPENDITURES BY CLASS
Personnel Costs25,887,28621,809,65414,410,30011,380,40011,517,100
Operating Expenses1,643,7361,963,6801,968,7001,997,0001,979,300
Grants Loans Benefits473,140,166306,782,946320,238,700320,768,500320,768,500
TOTAL EXPENDITURES500,671,188330,556,280336,617,700334,145,900334,264,900
EXPENDITURES BY FUND SOURCE
General Fund28,647,08456,200,05855,117,70053,350,50053,350,500
Tobacco Fund11,597,1639,900,0009,500,0009,500,0009,500,000
Restricted Funds6,59831,7652,000,0001,309,0001,309,000
Federal Fund460,420,342264,424,457270,000,000269,986,400270,105,400
TOTAL EXPENDITURES500,671,188330,556,280336,617,700334,145,900334,264,900
The Child Care Program administers the child care assistance subsidy program, the ALL STARS quality rating system, as well as a professional development framework for child care providers. The primary funding services for the program include the federal Child Care Development Fund, state General Fund and Tobacco Settlement-Phase I funds.
The Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) was created by Congress in August 1996 as part of the federal welfare reform legislation. Child care services delivered through CCDF are designed to promote, expand, and improve the quality of care for children in Kentucky and ensure that families most in need are aware of and have access to available, quality child care which is developmentally appropriate, affordable, and safe. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services' approach to service delivery combines the efforts of Cabinet staff and other service providers to address a family's needs in a comprehensive fashion thereby maximizing the likelihood that a family will achieve positive outcomes. The Division of Child Care (DCC) serves Kentucky's most vulnerable children prioritizing children receiving child protective or preventive services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and persons transitioning off TANF, children with special needs, families experiencing homelessness, and teen parents. Children of low income working families are also eligible for child care assistance.