Child Care Bureau: About the Child Care Bureau

Who Benefits From CCDF-Funded Child Care Programs

The chart shows the ages of children served through CCDF in federal fiscal year 2005. Six percent were infants younger than one year. Twenty-two percent were toddlers ages one and two years old. Twenty-six percent were preschoolers ages three and four years old. Ten percent were kindergarten-age children who were five years old. And, thirty-six percent were school age children who were six years or older.

Children from birth through age 12 in families eligible to receive subsidized child care receive CCDF funds. States have the option to serve children 13 to 19 years of age who have special needs.

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

Child care providers receive reimbursement for serving low-income families and can draw on networks of training and technical assistance resources to help them provide high-quality child care services.

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

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