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Funding the Child Care System<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Child care across the country, including in Alaska, is primarily driven and largely funded by a federal child care law – known as the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) that authorizes the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) & Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For more than 80 years the federal government has invested in early childhood education programs to help working parents and positively impact children during the early years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child care federal legislation evolved over the years as more women entered the workforce and a greater understanding of childhood brain development was gained. In 1990, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG) was enacted to help low-income working families access child care. The CCDBG was reauthorized in 2014, with new requirements to improve the quality of child care programs and increase support for families and child care providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the CCDBG is the federal child care law, serving families with children from birth to age 13. It authorizes the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program, which is funding administered to states, territories, and tribes for child care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) for State Planning<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

States and territories are required to outline how they will use the federal CCDF program to support child care policies. Each state develops a 3-year CCDF plan that has many purposes, including serving as the state\u2019s application for CCDF funds, outlining how the state will comply with federal law, serving as a strategic planning document and providing a vehicle for data collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, states use support from\u202fthe CCDF to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n