The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)
Congressional Action
On November 19, 2014, the President signed the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 into law (PL113-186). The bipartisan measure marks the first time in 18 years that Congress has passed legislation to strengthen the quality of child care.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) allocates funds to states to assist families in affording child care and to strengthen the quality of child care. State child care policies vary greatly.
CCDBG Information at a Glance
CCDBG RESOURCES:
KEY STATE BY STATE TABLES
KEY LICENSING BACKGROUND
KEY SENATE HEARINGS
KEY HOUSE HEARINGS
Janet Singerman, President & CEO, Child Care Resources Inc., Charlotte, NC 7/26/12
Paula Koos, Executive Director, Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association, Oklahoma City, OK
3/25/14 House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood. "The Foundation for Success: Strengthening the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program"
2/5/14 House Education and the Workforce Committee. “The Foundation for Success: Discussing Early Childhood Education and Care in America”
COVID-19 Resources:
- HHS, Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System, Stabilization Grant Applications for States and Territories
- H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan (March 10, 2021). CCDBG statutory langugage
- HHS, American Rescue Plan State by State Funding ($14.9 billion for Child Care Assistance and $23.9 billion for Stabilization increases by state, 4/15/21)
- HHS, American Rescue Plan Tribal Funding Table, 4/15/21
- HHS, Office of Child Care American Rescue Plan Stabilization Grant Guidance, CCDF-ACF-IM-2021-02 (May 10, 2021)
- HHS, Office of Child Care American Rescue Plan Supplemental CCDBG Discretionary Fund Guidance (CCDF-ACF-IM-2021-03) (June 11, 2021)
- White House Fact Sheet (June 11, 2021)
- FY2021 Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA), December 2020 CCDBG Statutory Text for $10 billion increase in funding
- FY2021 COVID Relief $10 billion state by state table (ACF, Office of Child Care, February 2021)
- HHS CRRSA Information Memorandum, CCDF-ACF-IM-2021-01 (Related to Spending CRRSA funding)
- FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act Tax Treatment of Paycheck Protection Program & EIDL Forgiveness
- The CARES Act (3/27/20) includes an increase of $3.5 billion in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) in addition to the $550 million increase enacted in December as part of the FY20 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations legislation.
- CCDBG statutory text included in the CARES Act
- CCDBG $3.5 billion allocation to states (4/20)
- HHS CARES Act Guidance, CCDF-ACF-IM-2020-01 (4/29/20)
- HHS, Office of Child Care COVID-19 Resources
- HHS, Office of Child Care COVID FAQs, School-age Q&A
- Early Learning Policy Group COVID-19 Resource Page
- GY 2021 State CCDF Allocations (Based on Appropriations)
CCDBG Implementation Resources:
- White House Fact Sheet, American Rescue Plan (April 15, 2021)
- FY2019-FY2021 CCDF State Plans
- FY2022-2024 HHS CCDF State Plan Preprint (Draft)
- Program Instruction for State Report for COVID-19 December $10 billion increase in child care (due 2/21)
- State Outlines for $10 billion Expenditure (March 2021)
- FINAL HHS CCDBG Regulations (Sept. 2016)
- Caring for Our Children Basics: Health and Safety Foundations for Early Care and Education (June 2015)
- FY2019 State Compliance/Corrective Action Plans
- Build Back Better Act CLASP State Estimates - Child Care
Sheila Hoyle, Executive Director, Southwestern Child Development Commission, Webster, NC
- 6/15/16 Senate HELP Committee. "Implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014: Perspectives of Stakeholders"
- 2/6/14 Senate HELP Committee. "Supporting Children & Families through Investments in High-Quality Early Education"
- 7/26/12 Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children & Families. "CCDBG Reauthorization: Helping to Meet the Child Care Needs of American Families"
- 9/8/11 Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children & Families. "Examining Quality & Safety in Child Care: Giving Working Families Security, Confidence, & Peace of Mind"
- 6/9/11 Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children & Families. "Getting the Most Bang for the Buck: Quality Education and Care"
High Quality Early Learning Settings Depend On a High Quality Workforce: Low Compensation Undermines Quality (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Education) June 2016
- Background (Centers & Family Child Care Homes and Group FCC (March 2020)
- Family Child Care Home Regulation (How many children can be in the home before a license is required)
- Trends in Child Care Center Licensing Regulations and Policies for 2017 (ACF, March 2020)
- Trends in Family Child Care Home Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2017 (ACF, March 2020)
- Trends in Group Child Care Home Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2017 (ACF, March 2020)
- Addressing the Decreasing Number of Family Child Care Providers in the United States (ACF, March 2020)
- Resources about Supports and Systems for Improving Quality in Family Child Care
- Child Care Center Staff:Child Ratios by State vs NAEYC Recommended Ratios
- Caring for Children Database (National Resource Center for Health and Safety)
- National Survey of Early Care & Education (NSECE) Related Studies
- HHS, ACF Cost of Quality Calculator
- 2021 Poverty Guidelines, HHS
- Briefs about Health & Safety (ACF, July 2020
Child Care & Economic Impact
- Child Care and State Economies: 2019 Update, Committee for Economic Development (2019)
- FY2018 CCDBG Program Overall Statistics (Number of Children receiving assistance by setting)
- FY2018 Number of Children Served
- FY2018 Percent of Children by Type of Care
- FY2018 Children in Licensed/Regulated Care vs Unlicensed
- FY2018 Unlicensed Care: Relative vs Non-Relative Settings
- FY2018 Setting Detail by All Types of Care
- FY2018 Percentage of Children by Age Group
- FY2018 Percentage of Children by Race
- FY2018 Percentage of Children by Latino Ethnicity
- FY2018 Children by Race and Ethnicity
- FY2018 Percentage of Children by Age Group (National)
- FY2018 Average Monthly Hours by Age and Type of Care (National)
- FY2018 Average Payments by Age of Care (National)
- FY2018 CCDF by Receipt of TANF benefits
- FY2018 Reasons for Care
- FY2018 Average Monthly Co-Payment
- FY2018 Types of Payments
- FY2018 Consumer Education
- FY2018 Child Care Providers Receiving CCDF Funds
- FY2018 Monthly Average Head of Household Status
- FY2018 Family Homelessness Status
- FY2018 Primary Language Spoken in the Home
- FY2018 Children with a Disability
Prior Year State CCDBG Tables
Bipartisan Policy Center
Nationwide Child Care Poll:
- Parent Child Care Preferences, Are they Changing? (January 2021)
- Recorded webinar, slides, and analysis (January 2021)
- Child Care Costs Impact Families’ Employment, Savings, and Future Planning (November 2019)
- Nationwide Parent Poll During COVID-19 (BPC, April 10, 2020)
CCR&R ACF Comments "Improving Access to Affordable, High-Quality Child Care: Request for Information" (December 2019)
T.E.A.C.H. & WAGE$ Initiatives
National & State
State Resources
Committee for Economic Development Toolkits
- 2014 CCDBG Reauthorization mark up as enacted
- 2014 CCDBG Reauthorization markup incorporated/revised law in full
- Section 418 (42 U.S.C. 618) Child Care Mandatory Funds
- CRS, FY2021 Reconciliation Proposals (February 2021)
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193) Welfare Reform
Funding:
- FY2020 CCDF Allocations (Based on Appropriations includes CARES Act)
- FY2020 Federal CCDF Funding by State
- FY2019 CCDF Allocations
- FY2018 CCDF Allocations
- FY2017 CCDF Allocations
- FY2016 CCDF State Allocations
- FY2017 CCDF Expenditure Data
- FY2016 CCDF Expenditure Data
- FY2015 CCDF Expenditure Data
- FY2019 TANF expendidtures
- FY2018 TANF expenditures
- FY2018 Federal TANF and State MOE Spent on Child Care (National)
- FY2018 TANF Transferred to CCDBG by State
- FY2018 Federal TANF Expenditures on Child Care and Pre-K by State
- FY2018 State TANF MOE Expenditures on Child Care and Pre-k by State
- FY2018 All TANF Expenditures by State including MOE
- FY2017 Federal TANF and State MOE Spent on Child Care (National)
- FY2017 TANF Transferred to CCDBG by State
- FY2017 All TANF Expenditures by State for Child Care
- FY2017 TANF Federal Expenditures by State for Child Care
- FY2017 TANF State MOE Expenditures by State on Child Care
- FY2017 TANF All Expenditures including "Other"
- FY2016 CCDF State Unobligated Funds
Policy Background:
- CCDBG Act of 2014 (Text of Law)
- 2016 CCDBG Final Regulations
- Child Care State Plan Links
- 1996 CCDBG Law
- 1998 CCDBG Regulations
Military Child Care
- Making Quality Child Care Possible, Lessons Learned from NACCRRA's Military Partnerships (2008)
- Military Child Care and Systems (Deborah Phillips, 2014)
- Military Child Care and Systems Supporting Families (Future of Children, 2013)
- Lessons on Child Care, From the Military (NYT, August 31, 2021)
Select Newsletters
Child Care Blogs
- Child Care in the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (Bipartisan Policy Center, March 2021)
- Don’t Expect too Much too Soon: States will Need Help to Spend Historic Level of Child Care Investments (Bipartisan Policy Center, March 16, 2021)
- Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions, Reduces Exclusionary Discipline and Promotes Well-Being (Bipartisan Policy Center, March 23, 2021)
- State Use of Supplemental CCDBG funds from the December COVID Legislation (Bipartisan Policy Center, March 17, 2021)
- Building Bipartisan Support for Child Care Toolkit (April 2021)
- 5 Reasons to Support Investments in Child Care Infastructure (April 27, 2021)
- Who’s Paying Now? The Explicit and Implicit Costs of the Current Early Care and Education System (CSCCE UCLA Berkeley, 2020)
- 2016 CCDBG Final Regulations
- HHS Office of Child Care Key Resources for CCDBG Implementation Page
- Text of the CCDBG Reauthorization Act (PL113-186)
- Statements of Support from Key Stakeholders (Advocacy Groups)
- House Floor Debate (September 2014)
- Senate Floor Debate (November 2014)
- Side by Side Detailed Comparison Between 1996 Law and PL113-186 (2014 Law)
GAO Reports
- Child Care: Subsidy Eligibility and Receipt, and Wait Lists (February 2021)
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
- Inequitable Access to Child Care Subsidies (2019)
- Build Back Better State Child Care Funding Estimates (November 4, 2021)
ECE Workforce
HHS Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- Professional Characteristics of the Early Care and Education Workforce: Descriptions by Race, Ethnicity, Languages Spoken, and Nativity Status (December 2020)
- Demographic Characteristics of the Early Care and Education Workforce: Comparisons with Child and Community Characteristics (December 2020)
- Center- and Program-Level Factors Associated with Turnover in the Early Childhood Education Workforce (Institute of Education Sciences, 2021)
- 2018 Early Childhood Workforce Index (CSCCE UCLA Berkeley, 2018)
- 2020 Early Childhood Workforce Index (CSCCE UCLA Berkeley, 2020)
- Who is Providing Home-based Early Care and Education? (NSECE, Fact Sheet 2015)
- Characteristics of Home-Based Early Care and Education Providers: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education, NSECE Technical Report, March 2016
- THE SHIFTING SUPPLY OF REGULATED FAMILY CHILD CARE IN THE U.S., A Literature Review and Conceptual Model (Erikson, 2021)
CCDBG Implementation Resources:
Build Back Better Background
- Build Back Better Child Care Copayment Calculator (Hunt Institute)
- State Median Income Adjusted by Family Size FY2021
- 2021 Poverty Guidelines, HHS
- Build Back Better Act: Health Coverage Provisions Explained (Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families)
Rethinking Child Care Subsidy Application Processing
- Opportunities to Streamline Enrollment Across Public Benefit Programs (Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, November 2017)
- Data Sharing in Public Benefit Programs: An Action Agenda for Removing Barriers (CLASP, First Focus, Single Stop USA, November 2012)
- Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2009)
