The content on this page is to serve as a resource of pending federal legislation, information from national partners and relevant updates to the Child Care Development & Block Grant (CCDBG) law and to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) updated as of March 20, 2024. 

Click here to go to Federal Code of Regulations PART 98 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

Click here to see Child Care Aware's one-pager on the CCDBG

Click here to watch live US Senate Floor proceedings. 

Click here to watch US House of Representatives hearings.

Click here to see the Notice of Proposed Rule Changes for CCDF

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2025 Actions & Directives

• 2025 Executive Orders (Federal Register)
• January 27, 2025 - M-25-13:  Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs
• CFR - Definitions 
• MOU does not apply to Head Start and "like programs" - “Funds for small businesses, farmers, Pell grants, Head Start, rental assistance, and other similar programs will not be paused.”

2025-27 California State Plan 

The purpose of the CCDF is to increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care services. States and territories receiving CCDF funds must prepare and submit to the federal government a plan detailing how these funds will be allocated and expended. The California Department of Social Services is continuing to develop a State Plan that will be submitted to the Federal Government for approval by July 1, 2024. See the resources below or click here to see CDSS's landing page for State Plan resources.

• January 7, 2025 - CDSS Rate Reform Report 
• OCC Flexibilities on Alternative Methodology Timing

• Report to Legislature Alternative Methodology

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Federal Organizations Tracking Child Care and Early Education:

• The Center for Law and Social Policy: Child Care and Early Education
• National Women's Law Center: Child Care and Early Learning
• ChildCare Aware of America

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RESOURCES:

Click here to find and contact your representative in congress.

For information on child care in the President's budget, click below:

• Economic Report of the President (Child Care on pg. 130)

• FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Early Childhood Development 

The Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) oversees early care and education programs in the Administration of Children and Families (ACF). ECD provides leadership to support a national agenda focused on young children, their families, and the early care and education workforce. ECD works on administration priorities, interagency projects, budget proposals, and various policy strategies related to early childhood programs and services. 

• ECD Initiatives

• Letter on New Federal Opportunities to Bolster the Early Care and Education Workforce

• FFY 2023 CCDF Reallotment Process

Taxes

We encourage you to visit the following sources:

• ChildTaxCredit.Gov
• IRS: 2022 Child Tax Credit General Information
• IRS: Child Tax Credit: Manage Payment, Check Eligibility, Application for Non-filers

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Archive

• CCDF Fiscal Years 2019-2021
• CAPPA's submitted remarks
• CCDF Fiscal Years 2016-18 Information
• State Plan Summary FFY 2016-18
• Final CCDF State Plan FFY 2016-18
• 2016 CCDF Final Rule Publication
• Federal Register Notice
• Map: Child Care Across America
• 2016 CCDF Final Rule Resources
• CCDF Final Rule Fact Sheet
• CCDF Final Rule Tribal Fact Sheet
• CCDF Final Rule FAQs
• CCDF Final Rule Overview Webinar
• CCDF Final Rule Tribal Overview Webinar
• CCDF Final Rule Overview Webinar Slides
• CCDF Final Rule Tribal Overview Webinar Slides
• Tracked changes version of the regulations