{"id":5510,"date":"2021-07-07T18:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T02:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/child-care-program-office-broadcast-public-hearing-on-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-plan-2"},"modified":"2021-07-07T18:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T02:59:22","slug":"child-care-program-office-broadcast-public-hearing-on-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-plan-2","status":"publish","type":"learn-and-grow-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/child-care-program-office-broadcast-public-hearing-on-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-plan-2","title":{"rendered":"Child Care Program Office Broadcast: Public Hearing On the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The following broadcast was released by the Alaska Child Care Program Office on July 7, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dpa\/Pages\/ccare\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Program Office <\/a>(CCPO) is providing an additional opportunity to provide input on Alaska\u2019s Draft 2022-2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan, which will be submitted to the federal Administration for Children &amp; Families (ACF), Office of Child Care.<br><br>The CCPO will be holding an additional public comment period and subsequent Public Hearing on Alaska\u2019s Draft 2022-2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan. This public comment period is provided in order to give interested persons an opportunity to comment and offer input on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FINAL-FY22-24-Pre-Print-Working-Draft-7.6.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alaska\u2019s Draft 2022-2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FINAL-FY22-24-Pre-Print-Working-Draft-7.6.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for a copy of the Draft CCDF Plan<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCDF Plan is the primary mechanism that the ACF uses to determine Alaska\u2019s compliance with the requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 and associated Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) final rule of 2016. The CCDF Plan is used to describe to ACF Alaska\u2019s progress on the following sections:<br><br>&nbsp;1. &nbsp;Define CCDF leadership and coordination with relevant systems;<br>&nbsp;2. &nbsp;Promote family engagement and consumer education;<br>&nbsp;3. &nbsp;Provide stable child care financial assistance to families;<br>&nbsp;4. &nbsp;Ensure equal access to child care for low-income children;<br>&nbsp;5. &nbsp;Establish standards and monitoring processes to ensure the health and safety of childcare settings;<br>&nbsp;6. &nbsp;Recruit and retain a qualified and effective child care workforce;<br>&nbsp;7. &nbsp;Support continuous quality improvement; and<br>&nbsp;8. &nbsp;Ensure grantee program integrity and accountability.<br><br>Alaska\u2019s CCDF Plan serves as the State of Alaska, Department of Health &amp; Social Services application for CCDF funds. This three-year plan describes the overall services and activities administered by the State of Alaska Division of Public Assistance, Child Care Program Office through the following programs: &nbsp;Child Care Assistance; Alaska Inclusive Child Care (Alaska IN!); Child Care Licensing; Child Care Grant; and Child Care Resource and Referral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written Comments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You may comment on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FINAL-FY22-24-Pre-Print-Working-Draft-7.6.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">draft CCDF Plan <\/a>by submitting written comments to the Department of Health &amp; Social Services, Child Care Program Office, 3601 C Street, Suite 140, Anchorage, AK 99503. Additionally, the Department of Health &amp; Social Services will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 269-4536 and by email to <a href=\"mailto:christina.hulquist@alaska.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina Hulquist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The comments must be received not later than 5 pm on August 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oral\/Written Comments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Oral or written comments also may be submitted at the public hearing to be held from <strong>6 to 7:30 pm <\/strong>on <strong>July 27<\/strong> which will be held virtually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofalaska.webex.com\/stateofalaska\/j.php?MTID=m2c207f1daa0ce34c56d2bebf657ab909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WebEx Meeting Link<\/a><br>Meeting number: 177 234 6906<br>Password: &nbsp;CCPOplan2! (22767526 from phones)<br>Join by phone: 1-650-479-3207 Call-in number (US\/Canada)<br>Access code: 177 234 6906<br><br>You may submit written questions relevant to the plan by email to <a href=\"mailto:christina.hulquist@alaska.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina Hulquist<\/a> or by mail at 3601 C Street, Suite 140, Anchorage, AK 99503. The Child Care Program Office will aggregate our response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dpa\/Pages\/ccare\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Program Office website<\/a>.<br><br>People who need accommodation to participate may email <a href=\"mailto:christina.hulquist@alaska.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina Hulquist<\/a> by July 20 with a request or call (907) 419-7565 (Alaska Relay 7-1-1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","lg_tags":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-5510","learn-and-grow-blog","type-learn-and-grow-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Child Care Program Office Broadcast: Public Hearing On the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan - Learn and Grow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/child-care-program-office-broadcast-public-hearing-on-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-plan-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Child Care Program Office Broadcast: Public Hearing On the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan - Learn and Grow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following broadcast was released by the Alaska Child Care Program Office on July 7, 2021 The Child Care Program Office (CCPO) is providing an additional opportunity to provide input on Alaska\u2019s Draft 2022-2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan, which will be submitted to the federal Administration for Children &amp; Families (ACF), Office... 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