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The Office of Child Care (OCC) is committed to reducing the burden on families applying for Child Care Development and Fund (CCDF) child care assistance. This guide can help Lead Agencies...
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
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The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance has partnered with Tom Copeland to provide essential family child care resources for improving business practices. In each...

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...
This section shows how to define family unit for CCDF eligibility determination and capture information from the relevant adult family members.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 added requirements that will provide more stable child care financial assistance—commonly referred to as subsidy in many states[2]—to families on the path to financial...