Child Care and Development Fund Plans
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan serves as the application for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds by providing a description of, and assurance about, the grantee’s child care program and all services available to eligible families. The Office of Child Care reviews the Plans for approval. If they are approved, funds are awarded for the next federal fiscal year.
Change of Plan Cycle and Submission Date for CCDF Plans
Prior to 2014, CCDF Plans reflected a grantee’s plans for a two-year period. When it was reauthorized in 2014, the CCDBG Act changed the Plan cycle for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program from a biennial to a triennial Plan period.
Beginning with the FY 2016-2018 CCDF Plan for States and Territories, Plans cover a 3-year period, from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021 for the FY 2019-2021 Plan for States and Territories. States and Territories will soon submit their next 3-year Plan covering October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.
CCDF State/Territory Plan Preprint and Approved Plans
For more information about the submission of current State and Territory Plans, you can review the 2025-2027 CCDF State and Territory Plan Program Instruction, as well as the CCDF State and Territory Plan (PDF), which CCDF grantees used to complete their Plans. For more information about the 2022 - 2024 State and Territory Plan, please go to Program Instruction, Preprint (PDF), and the Approved Plans for 2022- 2024.
CCDF Tribal Plan Preprint
Tribal grantees submitted plans in 2019 to cover a 3-year period from October 1, 2019 through April 30, 2023 and submitted their 3-year plan covering May 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025 in January 2023.
For more information about the submission of current Tribal Plans, you can review the 2023-2025 Tribal CCDF Plan Program Instruction, as well as the Tribal CCDF Plan Preprint (PDF), which CCDF grantees used to complete their Plans.