Child Care and Development Block Grant in South Carolina

South Carolina CCDBG, not Head Start

CFDA 93.575 is titled CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. Filtered to South Carolina place of performance, obligations sum to $1,448,789,349 on 19 awards. The national Child Care And Development Block Grant hub includes every state. South Carolina's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,448,789,349 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of subsidized slots, providers, or counties in Columbia, Charleston, or Greenville.

CCDBG typically posts as a small number of large assistance instruments to the state lead agency. The join does not name recipients, split the Upstate and the Lowcountry, or count subsidized slots, providers, or counties. Packet facts stop at $1,448,789,349, 19 awards, SC, and 93.575. Correlation is not causation.

93.575 is not Head Start in South Carolina

Head Start (CFDA 93.600) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,448,789,349 would invent a broader total than this 93.575 × SC cell contains. Facts available: South Carolina, CFDA 93.575, $1,448,789,349, 19 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and subsidized slot, provider, or county counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Child Care And Development Block Grant, not a ranking of South Carolina outcomes. Dividing $1,448,789,349 by 19 yields about $76.25 million per award—a state child-care block-grant award, not a typical weekly copay. Unique recipients are unpublished. 19 is not a count of subsidized slots, providers, or counties.

Questions

How much Child Care and Development Block Grant funding is obligated in South Carolina?

USAspending.gov shows $1,448,789,349 in CFDA 93.575 obligations coded to South Carolina across 19 awards. The join uses the program number and South Carolina place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Child Care And Development Block Grant and South Carolina together when citing $1,448,789,349.

Is CCDBG the same as Head Start in South Carolina?

No. This cell is CFDA 93.575 only. Head Start (CFDA 93.600) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $1,448,789,349. 19 is a record count, not a subsidized slot, provider, or county census.

Do 19 awards mean 19 child-care providers?

19 is a USAspending award-record count, not a subsidized slot, provider, or county census. The implied mean is about $76.25 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,448,789,349 are not outlays. Keep Child Care And Development Block Grant and South Carolina together when citing $1,448,789,349. The overlay remains the live 93.575 × SC table on USAspending.gov.

Do these obligations equal subsidies paid to providers?

No. $1,448,789,349 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. This packet has no subsidized slot, provider, or county count. Keep the obligation label when citing the pair. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 93.575 × SC pair.