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This NPRM proposes to modify Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to improve child care access and choice for families, reduce administrative burdens for states, territories, and Tribes, and provide additional flexibilities. The proposed changes would remove outdated provisions, significantly change requirements for Tribal CCDF programs, and streamline overly complicated and burdensome requirements for states and territories.

Statement of Need:

This NPRM proposes to significantly reduce CCDF regulations (45 Part 98 and 99) to serve more children and reduce costs and burden for states, territories, and Tribes administering the CCDF program.  It builds upon the first deregulatory CCDF NPRM (RIN: 0970-AD20) by further promoting the Administration’s interests and priorities around expanding parental choice, reducing bureaucratic red tape and regulatory burden, and prioritizing flexibility for states, territories, and Tribes. More specifically, this NPRM is in line with Executive Order (EO) 14192, Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation.  

Summary of the Legal Basis:

This NPRM will be issued under the authority granted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9857, et seq.), and section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618).

Alternatives:

TBD

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

ACF anticipates that this regulatory action would result in great cost savings for states, territories, and Tribes due to reduced administrative burden. ACF expects these savings would allow states, territories, and Tribes to serve additional children and families.

Risks:

TBD