An annual report prepared for members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The information reflects statewide data for the current state fiscal year, and provides comparative information from the previous year. The caseload and financial data for this report are gathered from the Arizona Child Care Automated Tracking System, except where otherwise noted.

This Plan describes the CCDF program to be administered by the State/Territory. The Lead Agency has the flexibility to modify this program at any time, including amending the options selected or described herein. For purposes of simplicity and clarity, the specific provisions printed herein of applicable laws and regulations are sometimes paraphrases of, or excerpts and incomplete quotations from, the full text. The Lead Agency acknowledges its responsibility to adhere to them regardless of these modifications.

Governor Jan Brewer signed into law the Fiscal 2012 budget that eliminates all child care subsidies in Arizona. While the full impact of that action won’t be felt for weeks and months after the law takes effect July 1, Budget Trax has measured what sharply reduced funding in recent years has meant to working parents, children and businesses, as well as to the potential impact to matching federal funding.