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Understanding The New CCDF Health and Safety Standards and Training Requirements Webinar

This Technical Bulletin lists the data standards for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Annual ACF-800 Report, including new requirements associated with the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law113-186). The changes required by reauthorization include: 1) addition of element #2a — number of child fatalities (total and by care type, 2) discontinuation of  element #10 — consumer education content topics, 3) change in #11 — methods of consumer education used, and 4) change in the list of non-CCDF funds in the Child Care budget pool. All of these changes are required with the FFY 2016 report.

On November 16 and 17, 2015 a group of individuals with broad ECE experience met in person in Fairfax, VA to discuss and share possibilities and recommendations for user friendly elements to consider in the design for the National Website and Hotline project.

A list of OCC webinars.

The proposed rule addresses the CCDBG Act of 2014 and includes provisions to protect the health and safety of children in child care.

Explore the State Advisory Councils final report and the implications for the future.

Explore the progress from ten states aiming to improve articulation of college coursework and early childhood education degrees from two-year institutions to four-year institutions within the state by identifying and implementing various strategies that either directly or indirectly affect the intended goal.

The purpose of this Bulletin is to clarify questions and issues related to the Tribal grantee reporting requirements.