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The Office of Child Care Shannon L. Rudisill, Director
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Welcome, 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. The Office of Child Care was established in September 2010 and replaces the former Child Care Bureau.
 

About the Office of Child Care

About the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

The Office of Child Care Celebrates 20 Years of CCDF!

CCDF Law, Program Instructions, Guidance, and Funding

CCDF State, Territory, and Tribal Reporting
 

Quality Rating and Improvement System Cost Estimation Model

Learn About Early Head Start for Family Child Care All Week!

Current Initiatives

Training and Technical Assistance

Program Data and Statistics

Research
OCC's Child Care Technical Assistance Network
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning National Center on Child Care Data and Technology
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
 National Center on Child Care Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives
Child Care Communications Management Center National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement
Child Care State Systems Specialist Network National Center on Child Care Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
Healthy Child Care America National Center on Tribal Child Care Implementation and Innovation

 
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What's New

Revised ACF-801 includes new data elements on quality of care.

National Children's Mental Health Day, May 12th, 2012

The Office of Child Care announces the first notice of proposed information collection activity and comment request regarding the child care improper payment initiative improper payments Data Collection Instructions.

The OCC releases proposed revision of ACF-801 for 2nd round of comments.

Proposed Revised Form:  PDF File. File size is 78 KB. File size is 78 KB.

Federal Register:  PDF File. File size is 78 KB. File size is 78 KB.

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