Program Website
Uniform Guidance
Uniform Guidance Interim Final Rule - HHS
2023 Compliance Supplement
Part 3 - Compliance Requirements
Part 3 - Compliance Requirements (redline version)
Appendix I - Federal Programs Excluded from the A-102 Common Rule and Portions of 2CFR Part 200
Part 4 - Program Specific Requirements
Part 4 - Program Specific Requirements (Redline)
2022 Compliance Supplement
Part 3 - Compliance Requirements
Part 3 - Compliance Requirements (redline version)
Appendix I - Federal Programs Excluded from the A-102 Common Rule and Portions of 2CFR Part 200
Part 4 - Program Specific Requirements
Part 4 - Program Specific Requirements (redline)
U.S. Code
42 u.s.c. 618 - funding for child care
42 u.s.c. ii-b (9858-9858q) - child care and development block grant
Federal Regulations
45 cfr 98 - child care and development fund
45 cfr 99 - procedure for hearings for the child care and development fund
Other
guidance on the child care and development block grant (ccdbg) act of 2014 relevant to tribes
hhs.gov - grants policies & regulations
CFDA Historical Index
2021
Action/Change Type: publish
Change Description: Child Care and Development Block Grant
2020
Action/Change Type: publish
Change Description: Child Care and Development Block Grant
2019
Action/Change Type: publish
Change Description: Child Care and Development Block Grant
Program Objective
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the primary federal funding source to help certain low-income families access child care and to improve the quality of child care for all children. As a block grant, CCDF gives funding to States, Territories, and Tribes to provide child care subsidies primarily through vouchers or certificates to low-income families. In addition, CCDF funds are used to improve the quality of child care for both subsidized and unsubsidized children. CCDF consists of both Discretionary funding authorized by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act and Mandatory and Matching funding under the Social Security Act. The CCDBG was created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-508) and is subject to annual appropriations. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) consolidated funding for child care under the Social Security Act, where CCDF mandatory and matching funding is authorized, and made such funding generally subject to the requirements of the CCDBG Act. The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-186) reauthorized the discretionary portion of CCDF through FY 2020 and made significant changes to improve the health, safety, and quality of child care and provide more continuous child care assistance to low-income children and families. In addition to the block grants to States, Territories and Tribes, a small portion of the CCDF is used by the Office of Child Care to provide technical assistance to lead agencies on administering the program. A small portion of CCDF is also used for child care research, demonstration and evaluation activities. The Discretionary portion of the CCDF funds provides about $7.9 billion in federal funding per year for child care. Additional funding is provided by state matching and maintenance of effort funds, as well as funds transferred from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Requirements for competitive grants including research grants vary and can be found in the Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs). There was an increase in mandatory and matching funding for CCDF, which is a permanent annual appropriation and is detailed in Assistance Listing 93.596.
Reported Expenditures
Expenditure Metrics
Note: This information has been compiled from data collection form submissions to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, Harvester.census.gov.
Note 2: This information is updated periodically and may not include recent data collection form submissions.
Contact Information
Mary Sprague, Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., 5th Floor East, Washington, District of Columbia 20447 Email: occ@acf.hhs.gov Phone: (202)-690-6782 Fax: (202) 690-5600.
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