The Office of Child Care supports its grantees in various ways. Among the most important is the Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTAN). The system brings together resources from the Office of Child Care, the Office of Head Start, and their health partners to offer CCDF Administrators and their stakeholders information, tools, trainings and other supports. Learn More

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BUILDING CHILD CARE ACCESS

A roadmap and resources for building access to quality care.

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CHILD CARE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

Resources to support the development and social-emotional health of children and the role of Child Care Health Consultants.

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COVID RELIEF FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE

Details of COVID relief funding and its positive impacts on child care.

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CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS

SA guide to help Lead Agencies simplify the content and format of child care assistance applications to make them more familly-friendly.

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Find Stabilization Grant Applications for your State or Territory
Explore subgrant information and applications for child care providers, by state and territory.
Understand Child Care Stabilization Grants
Learn how child care stabilization grants can provide financial relief to child care providers and help to sustain their operations.
Plan for Infants and Toddlers
Find articles and activities from the Infant/Toddler Resource Guide related to observational skills and individual planning.
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COVID Investments in Child Care: Supporting Children, Families, and Providers
This infographic illustrates how COVID relief funds have helped to stabilize child care, lower costs for families, provide increased compensation for providers…
Business Practices Tips for Out-of-School Time Child Care
Child care providers must view their meaningful work as a business and plan and prepare for its sustainability and growth. This tip sheet will provide ideas…
Agile Contracting
This training covers Agile contracting, why it is needed for software projects, and applying Agile practices to existing projects. Watch the video or see the…
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Tribal CCDF Grantees

Support Tribal grantees in providing consumer education information, CCDF services, child health and safety protection, child care quality improvement, and equal access to child care.

The Business of Family Child Care

Access resources from family child care expert Tom Copeland to make your business more successful.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS

ACF Releases a Report Illustrating How States Are Investing COVID Child Care Funds To Support Children, Families, and Providers
Today, the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), released a report on COVID investments in child care.  The…
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Save the Date for NRCEC 2024!
We are pleased to announce that the Administration for Children and Families’ National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2024 (NRCEC…
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Workforce Wednesday Webinar - Helping Early Childhood Educators Thrive: Promoting ECE Staff Mental Health and Well-Being
Wednesday, May 31, 2023—3:00 – 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) Register online now! Early care and education (ECE) teachers and service…
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State-Level Professionals

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Tribal Lead Agencies

Responsive providers who assist Tribal grantees with increasing the quality, affordability, and availability of child care in Native American communities.

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Training and Technical Assistance Providers

Professionals who support child care access through technical assistance and training, administration, consumer education, and health and mental health service activities.

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Direct Child-Serving Practitioners

Providers, teachers, home visitors, and other professionals who directly serve children from birth through school age.

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Families and Communities

Parents, family members, and others who interact with children and make decisions about child care.

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