Who We Serve

Children from birth through age 12 receive subsidized child care and benefit from quality improvements funded by CCDF. States have the option to serve children 13 to 19 years of age who have special needs.

Parents in low-income families receive help paying for child care at a provider of their choice. All parents may receive consumer education on topics such as what to look for in a quality child care provider.

Child care providers receive reimbursement that enables them to serve low-income families and draw on extensive State networks of training and technical assistance to help them provide high-quality services.

States, Tribes, and Territories administer CCDF and use it to leverage additional early education investments. States, Tribes, and Territories receive technical assistance from CCB and use our research to guide their policy and programmatic decisions.

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