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Provide Stable Child Care Financial Assistance to Families
Subsidy, Access and Accountability information
Additional Information
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Eligibility Policies
Summer Programs and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

This FAQ document is designed for summer program providers that serve children from low-income families and may be interested in serving families who use child care subsidies, but are not overly familiar with CCDF. A basic introduction to the CCDF program is followed by a resource list of links...
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Information about Child Care Financial Assistance Program Availability and Application Process

In their CCDF Plans, states must describe how they inform eligible parents, the general public, and, where applicable, child care providers about how they can apply for, and potentially receive, child care services. Lead Agencies can inform families about available services in a number of...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Subsidy Eligibility and Equal Access in Tribal Child Care and Development Fund Programs: Presentation for Tribes with Small Allocation Sizes

An overview of the CCDF subsidy program, its requirements and flexibilities, and strategies for caseload...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Eligibility Policies
Subsidy Eligibility in American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund Programs: Part II

This webinar was hosted by the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development on May 29, 2018 as part of a webinar series on subsidy administration. The webinar provides an overview of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidy eligibility for Medium- and Large-Allocation...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Continuity of Care, Policy and Practice, Protection for Working Parents, 12-Month Eligibility, Eligibility Policies, Fluctuation in Earnings, Graduated Phase-Out
Equal Access in American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund Programs

This webinar was hosted by the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development on June 5, 2018 as part of a webinar series on subsidy administration. The webinar provides an overview of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) equal access requirements for Medium- and Large-Allocation...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Market Rate Surveys, Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Program Integrity and Accountability, CCDF Data Management and Reporting, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Protection for Working Parents, 12-Month Eligibility, Family Contribution to Payment, Eligibility Policies
Subsidy Eligibility in American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund Programs: Part I

This webinar was hosted by the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development on May 22, 2018 as part of a webinar series on subsidy administration.  The webinar provided an overview of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Leadership and Coordination, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Eligibility Policies
Homelessness: Requirements and Resources

This first in a series of Hot Topics webinars examined the requirements in the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 for services to families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Resources for planning and implementing services for families were shared and discussed.
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Using CCDF and TANF to Support Quality Out-of-School Time Care

Several federal grant programs play a significant role in supporting the costs of child care for low-income families, including care for school-age children before and after school and during the summer. The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program is the largest federal funding source for...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Parental Choice in Relation to Certificates, Grants, or Contracts

Parental Choice

Parents should have the opportunity to choose from the full range of eligible child care settings:

  • Center-based care: Care in a nonresidential, commercial-type setting
  • Family child care: Care in the...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Contracts or Grants, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Continuity of Care, Policy and Practice