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Office of Child Care

An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

Does the law require child care providers to acquire credentials to receive CCDF?

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Publication Date: March 24, 2015

No, the law does not require child care providers to acquire credentials in order to serve children receiving CCDF assistance. However, States are in no way prohibited from requiring providers to be credentialed in order to serve children in the CCDF program.

(Reference: Section 658E(c)(2)(G)(iv))