Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund

Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families

The Mandatory and Matching portion (or Child Care Entitlement or CCE) of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program consists of two formula grant opportunities. The purpose of the two formula grants funds is to help certain families with low incomes access child care and to improve the quality of child care for all children.

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Helps low-income families access child care and improves child care quality. Provides funding to states, territories, and tribes for these purposes.

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Funding
$37 - $50,000,000
Deadline
Rolling
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
Health & Biomedical Research
Organization
Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families

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What Is This Program?

The Mandatory and Matching portion (or Child Care Entitlement or CCE) of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides mandatory child care funding, which consists of two formula grant funds (Mandatory and Matching) for states, territories, and tribes. The purpose of the two formula grants funds is to help certain families with low incomes access child care and to improve the quality of child care for all children. The Mandatory and Matching funds are made available in section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618) and are not subject to annual appropriations. A small portion of CCDF Mandatory and Matching funding is used by the Office of Child Care to provide technical assistance to state, territory, and Tribal lead agencies on administering the program, and is also used for child care research, demonstration and evaluation activities.

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This program offers funding up to $50,000,000 (minimum $37).

This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.

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