# 18-month Performance Report

# Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program

# Frequently Asked Questions for the 2006 and 2007 Cohort Tables

# QUESTIONS

1.  [[]{#seven .anchor}If our CCAMPIS funds are used to pay staff
    salaries, how do we determine who is a participant?](#seventh)

2.  [[]{#eight .anchor}How is the participant's household status in
    Section II.E determined?](#eighth)

3.  [In the Section II.H. Participant Distribution by Classification
    table, how does the project account for the number of participants
    served?](#first)

4.  [[[]{#TWO .anchor}]{#one .anchor}In the 2006 Cohort table and 2007
    Cohort table of Section II, how is a cohort defined?](#SECOND)

5.  [[]{#THREE .anchor}My institution is on the quarter system. In the
    2006 Cohort and 2007 Cohort tables of Section II, how does the
    project account for participants served during the winter and summer
    quarters?](#THIRD)

6.  [The project child care centers serve participants in the summer. In
    the 2006 Cohort and 2007 Cohort tables of Section II, how does the
    project account for participants served in the summer?](#FOURTH)

7.  [[[]{#six .anchor}]{#four .anchor}Certificate students at my
    institution are not classified as freshmen, sophomores, juniors or
    seniors. How shall non-classified certificate students be
    classified?](#sixth-1)[]{#FIVE .anchor}

8.  [How does the project report participants in the 2006 Cohort and
    2007 Cohort tables of Section II?](#fifth)

# QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1.  [[]{#seventh .anchor}**If our CCAMPIS funds are used to pay staff
    salaries, how do we determine who is a participant?**](#seven)

> If you use CCAMPIS funds to pay salaries of child care
> providers/instructors, the CCAMPIS participants are the Pell-eligible
> parents of those children in the class(es) of the child care
> providers/instructors paid with CCAMPIS funds (Do not count as
> participants those parents who are not Pell-eligible).

2.  [[]{#eighth .anchor}**How is the participant's household status in
    Section II.E determined?**](#eight)

Household status is the same as filing status used on the CCAMPIS
participant's most recent federal tax return. If the participant has not
filed a federal tax return, the participant is most likely someone
else's dependent.

3.  [[]{#first .anchor}**In the Section II.H. Participant Distribution
    by Classification table, how does the project account for the number
    of participants served?**](#one)

In this table, report the total number of freshman participants
(student-parents receiving CCAMPIS services) served in the 2006-07
academic year (fall term 2006--summer term 2007 or October 1,
2006--September 30, 2007) in the cell below "Freshman" and to the right
of "2006-07." Report the total number of sophomore participants served
in the 2006-07 academic year in the cell below "Sophomore" and to the
right of "2006-07." Report the total number of junior participants
served in the 2006-07 academic year in the cell below "Junior" and to
the right of "2006-07." Report the total number of senior participants
served in the 2006-07 academic year in the cell below "Senior" and to
the right of "2006-07." In the "2007-08" row, report only
student-parents served thus far in the 2007-08 academic year (fall term
2007--winter/spring term 2008 or October 1, 2007--March 30, 2008) and
not served in the 2006-07 academic year. For instance, report the total
number of freshman participants served in the 2007-08 academic year and
not served in the 2006-07 academic year in the cell below "Freshman" and
to the right of "2007-08." Report the total number of sophomore
participants served in the 2007-08 academic year and not served in the
2006-07 academic year in the cell below "Sophomore" and to the right of
"2007-08." Report the total number of junior participants served in the
2007-08 academic year and not served in the 2006-07 academic year in the
cell below "Junior" and to the right of "2007-08." Report the total
number of senior participants served in the 2007-08 academic year and
not served in the 2006-07 academic year in the cell below "Senior" and
to the right of "2007-08."

4.  [[]{#SECOND .anchor}**In the 2006 Cohort table and 2007 Cohort table
    of Section II, how is a cohort defined?**](#TWO)

A cohort is defined as the group of participants (student-parents
receiving CCAMPIS services) first served with CCAMPIS funds in a
particular year. For example, participants served during the 2006-07
academic year (fall 2006 or spring 2007) are in the 2006 cohort. The
2006 cohort includes those participants served under a previous CCAMPIS
award if they were also served during academic year 2006-07. The
participants who were served during the 2007-08 academic year (fall 2007
and spring 2008) but were not served during the 2006-07 academic year
are in the 2007 cohort.

5.  [[]{#THIRD .anchor}**My institution is on the quarter system. In the
    2006 Cohort and 2007 Cohort tables of Section II, how does the
    project account for participants served during the Winter and Summer
    quarters?**](#THREE)

The 2006 and 2007 Cohort tables only require that you report the number
of participants (student-parents receiving CCAMPIS services) served in
the fall and spring terms. Data is not collected in these tables on the
number of participants served in the summer or winter terms.

6.  [[]{#FOURTH .anchor}**The project child care centers serve
    participants in the summer. In the 2006 Cohort and 2007 Cohort
    tables of Section II, how does the project account for participants
    served in the summer?**](#four)

The 2006 and 2007 Cohort tables only require that you report the number
of participants (student-parents receiving CCAMPIS services) served in
the fall and spring terms. Data is not collected in these tables on the
number of participants served in the summer months.

7.  [**Certificate students at my institution are not classified as
    freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors. How shall non-classified
    certificate students be classified?**](#six)

Count certificate students as though they are freshmen regardless of the
length of the certificate program.

8.  [[[]{#fifth .anchor}]{#sixth-1 .anchor}**How does the project report
    participants in the 2006 Cohort and 2007 Cohort tables of Section
    II?**](#FIVE)

> To complete the 2006 and 2007 Cohort tables,

a.  Start with the 2006 cohort table and start in the first row labeled
    "Fall Term 2006 -- beginning." Insert the number of freshman
    participants (student-parents receiving CCAMPIS services) served in
    fall 2006 under the column labeled "Freshman." Insert the number of
    sophomores receiving CCAMPIS services in fall 2006 under the column
    labeled "Sophomore." Insert the number of juniors in the next cell
    and then the number of seniors in the next cell. The total number of
    freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors served in fall 2006 is
    entered in the "Totals" column.

b.  In the next row labeled "Students Transferring In," insert the
    numbers of participants by academic standing (freshman, sophomore,
    junior or senior) who did not receive services in fall 2006 but
    received services in spring 2007.

c.  In the next row labeled "Spring Term 2007 -- ending," insert the
    numbers of participants by academic standing who received services
    in spring 2007.

d.  Do not fill in (ignore) the next row labeled "Students Transferring
    In."

e.  In the next row labeled "Fall Term 2007 -- beginning," insert the
    numbers of participants included in the cells above that returned to
    receive services in fall 2007 regardless of their current academic
    standing. For instance, if 15 freshman participants were served in
    spring 2007 and ten returned to receive services in fall 2007, then
    enter ten in the "Freshman" column regardless of whether some of
    those participants had become sophomores.

f.  Do not fill in (ignore) the next row labeled "Students Transferring
    In."

g.  In the next row labeled "Spring Term 2008 -- ending," insert the
    numbers of participants included in the cells above that returned to
    receive services in spring 2008 regardless of their current academic
    standing.

h.  For the rows labeled "Graduated- 3/6" and "Graduated- 4/7," insert
    the numbers of participants reported in each column that graduated
    during the first 18 months of the your project. Graduated-3/6 refers
    to participants who: (a) received a certificate/degree within three
    years of enrolling in a two-year institution or six years of
    enrolling in a four-year institution; or (b) transferred from your
    two-year institution to a four-year institution without a
    certificate/degree within through years of enrolling in your
    two-year institution. Graduated-4/7 refers to participants who: (a)
    received a certificate/degree within a period longer than three
    years of enrolling in a two-year institution or longer than six
    years of enrolling in a four-year institution; or (b) transferred
    from your two-year institution to a four-year institution without a
    certificate/degree after a period longer than three years of
    enrolling in your two-year institution.

i.  Follow the same methodology to fill out the "2007 Cohort" table with
    participants who received services in academic year 2007-08 but did
    not receive services in academic year 2006-07.

April 2008