Office of Child Care (OCC)

The Office of Child Care supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children’s learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs.

• Infant/Toddler Resource Guide
  This Resource Guide offers a host of materials to support the development and implementation of policies and practices for high-quality care for infants and toddlers. Whether you are a CCDF Administrator developing policies, a child care provider seeking information and guidance, or a professional development provider seeking innovative training materials, this site is for you. Development of this guide is new and actively growing, so check in frequently to see what resources have been added to support your work with infants, toddlers, and their families.
  • Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) Six Essential Program Practices
    This series helps promote essential program practices to ensure quality within family child care and center-based programs that serve infants and toddlers. It addresses the following topics:
    1. Continuity of care
    2. Culturally sensitive care
    3. Inclusion
    4. Individualized care
    5. Primary care
    6. Small groups
• QRIS Cost Estimation Model and Resource Guide
• Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTAN)
  Through the Office of Child Care’s Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTAN) and federal leadership, the OCC provides training and technical assistance to states, territories, tribes and local communities. This involves assessing Child Care and Development Fund grantees’ needs, identifying innovations in child care administration, and promoting the dissemination and replication of solutions to the challenges that grantees and local child care programs face. Our technical assistance helps states, territories, tribes and local communities build integrated child care systems that enable parents to work and promote the health and development of children.