Integrating Social and Emotional Supports as Part of Child Care and Development Fund Quality Activities

This article has information on improving the quality of child care services and ensuring that parents have access to high-quality child care options to fulfill a core element of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).  

The CCDF law says that states, territories, and tribes must develop strategies for increasing the supply and quality of services for children in underserved areas, infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children in nontraditional-hour care. This article also contains information on set-asides, or percentages of funding that must be set aside for use on specific topics such as quality improvement and infant and toddler care.