2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule

2024 CCDF Final Rule: Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund

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. Policies included in this final rule are designed to:

• Lower child care costs for families;
• Improve payments to child care providers;
• Increase child care options for families;
• Make enrollment easier and faster for families; and
• Increase clarity in CCDF requirements.

RESOURCES

• Full rule in the Federal Register
• CCDF 2024 Final Rule Regulatory Changes (DOCX) and CCDF 2024 Final Rule Regulatory Changes (Section 508 Compliant) (PDF)
• 2024 CCDF Final Rule Overview
• 2024 CCDF Final Rule Tribal Fact Sheet
• 2024 CCDF Final Rule FAQs (NEW)
• Webinar Slides on 2024 CCDF Final Rule (PDF) 
• Webinar Slides on The Impact of the 2024 CCDF Final Rule for Tribal CCDF Programs  (PDF)
• Comparison between the 2023 CCDF NPRM and the 2024 Final Rule (PDF)
• Overview of 2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule (video)
• Tribal Lead Agencies - Overview of 2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule (video)