Two public hearings for draft federal Child Care and Development Fund plan

The Department of Early Learning (DEL) is seeking public input on the state’s two-year plan for the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which helps promote accessible, affordable, quality child care around the state.

DEL serves as the lead CCDF agency for the state, and must submit a plan every two years describing how the state will spend its federal child care dollars. CCDF funding is used to:

• Help low-income families find and pay for child care.
• Fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
• Fund child care resource and referral services for parents and caregivers.
• Provide training for child care providers.

Many activities in the plan are federal or state requirements. About 70 percent of CCDF federal dollars provide the funding to help low-income families pay for child care. DEL will post a draft CCDF plan online in May at www.del.wa.gov/government/CCDF/ and will hold two public hearings.

Hearings

May 9, 2011 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Tahoma Room
Children’s Administration and DEL offices
1313 W Meeker Street Suite 102
Kent

May 11, 2011 from 4 to 7 p.m.
ATEC Masto Conference Center
Big Bend Community College
7611 Bolling Street NE

Moses Lake