Health and Human Services Department
This final rule amends the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to reduce costs and burden for States and Territories administering the CCDF program. It rescinds the requirements to limit family co-payments to 7 percent of family income, to provide some direct services through grants or contracts, to pay providers prospectively, and to pay providers based on enrollment. A plain language summary of this final rule is posted at https:// www.regulations.gov/document/ACF-2026-0001-0002.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services 45 CFR Part 98 RIN 0970-AD20 AGENCY: Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to reduce costs and burden for States and Territories administering the CCDF program. It rescinds the requirements to limit family co-payments to 7 percent of family income, to provide some direct services through grants or contracts, to pay providers prospectively, and to pay providers based on enrollment. A plain language summary of this final rule is posted at https://www.regulations.gov/​document/​ACF-2026-0001-0002 . DATES: Effective: July 13, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Campbell, Supervisory Child Care Program Specialist, Policy, Data, and Planning Division, Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 202-690-6499 or OCCPolicyInfo@acf.hhs.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Statutory Authority II. Background III. Executive Summary Effective Dates Costs, Benefits, and Transfer Impacts Severability IV. Development of Regulation V. General Comments and Cross-Cutting Issues VI. Section-by-Section Discussion of Comments and Regulatory Provisions Subpart B—General Application Procedures ( printed page 25797) Subpart D—Program Operations (Chil…
Citation: 91 FR 25796
