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The ACF Early Childhood Tribal Consultation is scheduled for July 9th-10th, 2024 at the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort in Fort McDowell, Arizona. All Tribal leaders are invited to join in person or virtually.
2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule
The 2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule updates regulations (45 CFR Part 98) to help working families afford child care and broadly support child care quality and accessibility in communities.
The Office of Child Care Publishes New Fact Sheets on the ARP Child Care Stabilization Program
The American Rescue Plan Act’s Child Care Stabilization program delivered support to over 225,000 child care providers serving as many as 10 million children across the United States. This support helped keep the doors open to millions of working families who rely on child care providers.
The Office of Child Care supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs.