Ccdd-2026 - child care and development block grant discretionary

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Texas Workforce Commission $2.778 billion in obligated funding under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary program (CFDA 93.575) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, for child care assistance and quality improvement activities in Texas.

The CCDBG Discretionary block grant funds child care subsidies primarily through vouchers or certificates to families with low income and finances quality improvement initiatives for both subsidized and unsubsidized children. The block grant flows through Texas Workforce Commission to 26 sub-recipients across Texas workforce boards, councils of governments, educational service centers, state agencies, and nonprofit organizations that administer child care quality improvement activities, child care regulation and reporting, staff retention strategies, family child care networks, and infant-toddler specialist network services.

Sub-recipients delivering child care and development fund quality improvement activities include Tarrant County Workforce Development Board (Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County), Alamo Workforce Development Inc. (Workforce Solutions Alamo), Dallas County Local Workforce Development Board Inc. (Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas), Houston Galveston Area Council, and 20 additional workforce boards, education service centers, and regional councils across Texas. Quality improvement work encompasses child care provider training, professional development scholarships, early learning intervention training and education (ELITE), skills for small business program support, child care regulation and reporting, and coordination with state child welfare and family services agencies. Sub-recipients include Childcaregroup (Head Start and Early Head Start services), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (professional development scholarships and infant-toddler specialist network), Dallas College and Weatherford College (skills for small business programs), Texas Education Agency (pre-K partnership expansion), and Health and Human Services Commission of Texas (child care regulation and reporting coordination).

Place of performance is Texas. The award carries a three-year period of performance aligned with Child Care and Development Fund plan submission requirements; states must submit updated CCDF plans every three years for Administration for Children and Families approval within 90 days.