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On March 12, 2024, the final version of the FY 2025-2027 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan for States and Territories was approved by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. This final version can be found online (PDF).

The 2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule updates regulations (45 CFR Part 98) to help working families afford child care and broadly support child care quality and accessibility in communities. Policies included in this final rule are designed to:

  • Lower child care costs for families;
  • Improve payments to child care providers;
  • Increase child care options for families;
  • Make enrollment easier and faster for families; and
  • Increase clarity in CCDF requirements.

The Office of Child Care invites public comment on the rules and regulations of the Tribally administered Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program as part of the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) commitment to creating partnerships with Tribal Nations to identify and implement solutions that transcend traditional program boundaries. As part of that commitment, OCC seeks input on the requirements, regulations, and processes for Tribal Nations that administer CCDF. This Request for Information (RFI) specifically seeks public comment on the following topics of the Tribal child care program—CCDF Funding Policies for Tribes, CCDF Administration, Improving Families' Access to Child Care, and Increasing Child Care Supply in Tribal Communities—but input on any aspect of the Tribally administered CCDF program is welcome. OCC will host a Tribal consultation during the RFI public comment period.

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Plain Language Summaries

  • Review the Tribal RFI Plain Language Summary on CCDF Funding. This document provides a plain language summary of the Tribal RFI's questions about the triennial child count, service area, allocation sizes and related requirements, the CCDF Tribal Plan, and the discretionary base amount.
  • Review the RFI Plain Language Summary on CCDF Administration. This document provides a plain language summary of the RFI's questions about early childhood and related systems coordination, CCDF spending requirements, construction and major renovation, obligation and liquidation deadlines, CCDF reporting requirements and quality activities, Tribal and state coordination.
  • Review the RFI Plain Language Summary on Increasing Family Access. This document provides a plain language summary of the RFI's questions about consumer education and child eligibility.
  • Review the RFI Plain Language Summary on Building Child Care Supply. This document provides a plain language summary of the RFI's questions about early childhood workforce compensation and qualifications, eligible child care providers, comprehensive background checks, and other areas for comment.

Video Summaries

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations (45 CFR Part 98). This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes policies designed to: Lower families’ child care costs; Increase families’ child care options; Improve child care provider payment rates and practices; and Make enrollment easier and faster.

Review the links below for more information about this NPRM.

Letter to Human Service Commissioners

This issue brief offers examples of promising strategies implemented by Tribal MIECHV grantees that keep home visiting focused on the curriculum while also empowering families to address their needs.

Childcare.gov Project

April 10, 2017

The CCDBG Reauthorization Act of 2014 includes a requirement to design and develop a National Website to disseminate publicly available child care consumer education information for parents. The information on the website will help parents access safe and quality child care services in their community, with a range of price options, that best suits their family’s needs. The Act also includes a requirement to design and develop a National toll-free Hotline to allow persons to report (anonymously if desired) suspected child abuse or neglect, or violations of health and safety requirements, by an eligible child care provider.

Tribal MIECHV Letter

October 28, 2016

This letter stresses the importance of providing home visiting services to homeless families and their young children within your tribal communities. Ensuring the well-being of our youngest children is essential to the work of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and our partners at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and is especially urgent when considering the vulnerability of young AIAN children who experience homelessness or housing instability.

This document details Zero to Three’s (ZTT) 30th National Training Institute (NTI), held this past December 2-4, 2015 in Seattle, WA, which brought together multidisciplinary professionals working in early care and education, home visiting, mental health, early intervention, child welfare, family support, social services, and health care for a conference focused on infant-toddler and family research, practice, and policy.

The Tribal Home Visiting Program is designed to develop and strengthen tribal capacity to support and promote the health and well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families; expand the evidence base around home visiting in tribal communities; and support and strengthen cooperation and linkages between programs that service AIAN children and their families.