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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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.

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Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET Register Now How are you balancing between the needs for professional…
Today, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)’s Office of Child Care (OCC) published of a new notice of proposed rulemaking (…
Today, the Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announced an early preview of a new proposed rule to…

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