Early Childhood Development (ECD)

COVID Vaccine Approved for Children Under 5 Years Old

On June 27, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (ED) issued a letter to staff of early care and education (ECE) programs and schools containing three important requests to help encourage parents and guardians to learn about and access vaccines for all children older than 6 months of age.

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Information for Families During the Formula Shortage

The Biden-Harris Administration is working around-the-clock to increase formula production and get more safe infant formula to store shelves. This webpage has information on options to consider during this time to feed infants safely.

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Dear Colleague Letter on Social-Emotional Development and Mental Health

On June 14, the Departments of Health and Human (HHS) and Education (ED) issued a Dear Colleague Letter and four recommendations to state, territorial, tribal, and local policymakers and administrators of systems, agencies, and programs responsible for young children’s health and well-being, social-emotional development, and early learning.

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Information for the Early Care & Education Workforce on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Watch our March 31 webinar recording, where roughly 15,000 people joined us to hear about the limited waiver for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

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Dear Colleague Letter on Investing in the ECE Workforce

On July 13th, ACF published a Dear Colleague Letter to Lead agencies and grant recipients administering Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), Head Start, Tribal Home Visiting Programs, and Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five (PDG B-5) programs. The letter addresses investing CCDF, PDG B-5, Tribal Home Visiting, and Head Start funds in the early childhood education (ECE) workforce.

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New Tribal Home Visiting Development and Implementation Cohort 2 Grantee Map

The Office of Early Childhood Development is pleased to announce the addition of seven new grantees to the program. Joining the existing grantees are: (1) Acorns to Oak Trees Corp, CA, (2) Catawba Indian Nation, SC, (3) Chickasaw Nation, OK, (4) Pascua Yaqui Tribe, AZ, (5) Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, NE, (6) Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness, ME, and (7) Walker River Paiute Tribe, NV.

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ECD prioritizes early childhood development across ACF programs through collaboration and leveraging partnership opportunities through programs, policy and technical assistance.

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