The CCDBG Act was first enacted in 1990. In 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act created the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which consolidates discretionary funds appropriated for CCDBG with entitlement funds under the Social Security Act into a single, unified federal child care funding stream to states.  CCDF is administred by the Office of Child Care within the Department of Health and Human Services.  

A bipartisan reauthorization of the CCDBG Act in November 2014—the first such legislation in 18 years—codifies that recognition and takes steps to support care that positively impacts children during their formative years, while also allowing parents to enter into and remain in the workforce. Key revisions include strengthening health and safety requirements for child care providers, increasing quality, and improving transparency so families are equipped to choose care that best meets their child’s and family’s needs. 

Following passage of an FY2018 spending bill that included the single largest increase to CCDBG in the program’s history, Congress approved an additional $50 million for FY2019 and $550 million in FY2020, for total discretionary funding of $5.826 billion in FY2020. FFYF will continue to work to ensure lawmakers protect and strengthen these increases in future appropriations measures. These crucial funding increases will allow states to continue implementing important quality and safety improvements passed by Congress as part of the CCDBG Act of 2014.  (Source Credit: First Five Years Fund) 

CCDBG Reauthorization Summary