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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) 2021 and provides guidance for completing and submitting the QPR.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides directions for state and territory CCDF lead agencies to submit Notification of Obligation Target Status for CCDF American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Stabilization Funds. Directions for tribal CCDF lead agencies will be released through separate guidance.

This Program Instruction distributes the revised Form ACF-696 CCDF Financial Report, which was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number.

This page is designed for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State administrators as a go-to resource throughout the OCC monitoring process.

This information memorandum provides an overview and guidance on the additional CCDF mandatory and matching funds made available through the ARP Act.

This Information Memoranda provides an overview and guidance on the supplemental CCDF Discretionary funds made available through the ARP Act. 

This information memorandum provides an overview and guidance on the child care stabilization grants made available through the ARP Act.

This Program Instruction is to inform States and Territories of publication of the CCDF Error Rate Reporting Final Rule amending 45 CFR Part 98 of CCDF regulations to add a new Subpart K — Error Rate Reporting.

This Program Instruction (PI):

• Provides clarification about the use of CCDF funds for research and evaluation; and
• Encourages States, Territories and Tribes to evaluate subsidy policies and quality initiatives as a means to improve program performance, inform policy decisions, and effectively target available child care funds.

This Program Instruction (PI) transmits the revised state/territory Plan Preprint (ACF-118) for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program for the Fiscal Year 2022-2024 triennium and provides guidance for submitting the Plan. This Plan is required by section 658E of the CCDBG Act.