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This brief includes a description of family child care (FCC) networks. It also outlines a well-informed strategy for supporting high-quality family child care:
- Addresses the support a staff FCC network can provide
- Outlines the essential elements of an effective network...
Find High-Quality Child Care with ChildCare.gov
This guide provides information about child care options, costs, choosing quality care, and finding help paying for care.
This document is also available in Spanish.
Strategies Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness
- Same definition of homelessness used by Head Start and the U.S. Department of Education programs
- Priority for services
- Grace period on immunizations
- ...

The law requires most CCDF families to make a contribution to the cost of care through a copayment. Lead...
Though states have flexibility in administering the subsidy program, the CCDF sets certain eligibility criteria that must be addressed by the state and met by families to receive services.
How Subsidy Works – An Example
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In their CCDF Plans, states are required to describe how they will support and protect working families through specific strategies. Many of these strategies involve eligibility determination and redetermination policies. (Note: Section 5 addresses additional supports necessary...