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Child Care and Development Block Grant

Program Information

Popular name

Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

Program Number

93.575

Program objective

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the primary federal funding source to help certain families with low incomes access child care and to improve the quality of child care for all children. As a block grant, CCDF gives funding to States, Territories, and Tribes to provide child care subsidies primarily through vouchers or certificates to families with low income. In addition, CCDF funds are used to improve the quality of child care for both subsidized and unsubsidized children. CCDF consists of both Discretionary funding authorized by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act and Mandatory and Matching funding under the Social Security Act. In addition to the block grants to States, Territories and Tribes, a small portion of the CCDF is used by the Office of Child Care to provide technical assistance to lead agencies on administering the program. A small portion of CCDF is also used for child care research, demonstration and evaluation, and federal administration activities.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    In FY 2016, 343 Discretionary grants will be awarded to 50 States , District of Columbia, five Territories, 260 Tribes and other grantees (research, TA,and hotline). Fiscal Year 2016: 358 Discretionary grants were awarded to 50 States , District of Columbia, five Territories , 260 Tribes and other grantees (research, TA, and hotline).

  2. 2017

    In FY 2017, 328 Discretionary grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 260 Tribes and other grantees (research and TA ).

  3. 2018

    Fiscal Year 2018: 329 Discretionary grants will be awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 260 Tribes and other grantees (research and TA).

  4. 2019

    Discretionary grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 260 Tribal grantees, and other grantees (TA and research).

  5. 2020

    Discretionary grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 265 Tribal grantees, and other grantees (TA and research). CARES Act supplemental grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, and 265 Tribal grantees.

  6. 2021

    Discretionary grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 265 Tribal lead agencies, and other grantees (TA and research). CRRSA Act supplemental grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, and 265 Tribal grantees and other grantees (TA and research). ARP Act Discretionary supplemental grants and ARP Act Stabilization grants were awarded to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, and 265 Tribal lead agencies.

  7. 2022

    Awards were made to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 263 Tribal grantees, and other recipients (TA and research).

  8. 2024

    Awards were made to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 264 Tribal recipients, and other recipients (TA and research).

  9. 2025

    Awards will be made to 50 States, District of Columbia, five Territories, 265 Tribal recipients, and other recipients (TA and research).

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

These funds are subject to the Child Care and Development Fund regulations at 45 CFR Parts 98 and 99. Additional policy guidance can be found at: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/resource-library.

  1. Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, as amended, 42 U.S. Code 9857.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Individual/Family
  • Low Income

Additional resources