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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 2025-2027 triennium and provides guidance for submitting the Plan. This Plan is required by section 658E of the CCDBG Act.

CCDF Reporting Overview for States and Territories

The Office of Child Care (OCC) is pleased to announce the Federal Register Notice of the publication of the FY 2019-2021 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan Preprint with a request for public comment.

This summary table provides an overview of the States and Territories who requested waivers for each new requirement by June 2016.

This summary table provides an overview of the States and Territories who reported full implementation for each requirement category as of October 2018.  A copy of the FY2019-2021 State Plan can be found online.

Based on the CCDF FY2016-2018 State Plans, 52 States and Territories indicated they are using quality set-aside funds to improve the supply and quality of child care services for infants and toddlers.  Within this area of quality improvement, the following activities were provided as activities to improve the supply and quality of child care programs and services for infants and toddlers.

This summary table provides an overview of activities States and Territories indicated in Section 7 — Support Continuous Quality Improvement in their FY 2016-2018 State Plans to invest CCDF funds to improve the quality of child care services.

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan serves as states’ application for CCDF funds by providing a description of, and assurance about, the grantee’s child care program and all services available to eligible families. States and territories are required to post their submitted and final approved Plans, any Plan amendments, and any approved waivers on a publicly available website (45 CFR 98.14(d)).

To provide information on the procedures to consolidate the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program with other employment and training funding sources under a Pub. L. 102-477 Plan

The Office of Child Care's (OCC) 2nd Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on the FY 2014-2015 CCDF Plan Preprint for States and Territories was published on February 26, 2013 for a 30-day comment period. We have color-coded it for readers to see the changes that have been made. The italicized fonts in blue were the changes we made to the document for the 1st Federal Register Notice on September 4, 2012 and the italicized fonts in purple are the revisions made based on the comments we received. States, Territories, and other interested parties should submit their formal comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: (202) 395—7285, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families, or E-mail: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV within 30 days—no later than March 26, 2013.