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The Office of Child Care (OCC) is pleased to announce that the 30-day public comment period is now open in the Federal Register for the fiscal year (FY) 2026—2028 Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan Preprint. Starting today, October 31, 2024, you can access the draft FY 2026—2028 Tribal CCDF Plan Preprint (PDF) on the Office of Child Care website  and in the Federal Register Notice (FRN) available here .

These are Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Office of Child Care (OCC) new technical assistance (TA) opportunity for state and territory Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies. This initiative aims to integrate Early Intervention services into child care settings for children with disabilities and developmental delays. TA will be provided to selected agencies that demonstrate strong existing partnerships or the potential to develop such collaborations.

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides an overview and guidance to Tribal CCDF lead agencies, American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start award recipients, and Tribal MIECHV recipients regarding how CCDF, Head Start, and Tribal MIECHV funds can be used to address challenges recruiting and retaining an effective Tribal early childhood workforce serving Tribal communities where access to affordable housing is limited.

This Program Instruction (PI) informs States and Territories that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved changes to the Quality Progress Report (QPR) (ACF-218) for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 and provides guidance for completing and submitting the QPR.

This Information Memorandum (IM) affirms that funding provided through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) can be expended to engage individuals with direct experience in the child care subsidy system and early childhood services and systems.

These are frequently asked questions about the CCDF Tribal Eligibility NPRM. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled “Increase Flexibility for Tribes in Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Eligibility.” This proposed regulatory change would allow all Tribal Nations administering the CCDF program to make all Indian Children (as defined by the Tribal lead agency) residing in their defined CCDF service area, eligible for child care services regardless of a family’s income or assets.

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to increase program flexibility for all Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations operating CCDF programs, at their discretion, to serve Indian children (as defined by the Tribal Lead Agency) in their service area regardless of family income or assets.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides information to all current and future (both direct funded and those that have consolidated their Plan into an approved P.L. 102-477 Plan) Tribal Lead Agencies of the process to submit the triennial child count declaration for federal fiscal years (FFY) 2026-2028.

The PI also includes information for consortia to submit their demonstration, and for direct funded Tribes, to submit their definition of Service Area and Indian Child.

This Technical Bulletin describes how to upload the ACF-801 in the Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) and how to use the Summary Data Assessment Report (Summary Report or SAR).

Final GY 2021 CCDF Tribal Allocations (Including Reallotted Funds)