The Child Care and Development Fund, commonly called CCDF, is a federal and state or tribal partnership program authorized under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG) and administered by states, territories, and tribes with funding and support from the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Child Care. States, tribes, and territories use CCDF to provide financial assistance to low-income families to access child care so they can work or attend a job training or educational program.

CCDF provides Tribal governments opportunity use Federal funding to design, implement, and support programs which are beneficial to the unique needs of our Tribal citizens. Programs are administered by the Tribal government.

​Tribes may provide subsidy for child care services. Tribes may operate their own child care centers and/or contract with other licensed child care centers, family child care homes, and/or relative providers to care for eligible Indian children. Tribes may also use their funding for infrastructure development.