Ccdd-2026 - child care and development block grant discretionary

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Vermont Agency of Human Services $33.626 million under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports child care subsidies and quality improvement services in Vermont. The CCDBG provides block grant funding to states to deliver child care assistance primarily through vouchers or certificates to low-income families and to enhance child care quality for subsidized and unsubsidized children.

Vermont Agency of Human Services distributed sub-awards to multiple child care providers and early childhood organizations across Vermont. Sub-recipients include Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC), which administers the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program, the System for Program Access to Resources for Quality Supports (SPARQS) quality improvement initiative, and an early childhood apprenticeship program. Vermont State Colleges operates Northern Lights at CCV as a sub-grantee. Special Accommodation Grants flow to child care providers and parent-child centers including Rutland County Parent Child Center, Perkinsville Preschool and Childcare, Neck of the Woods, Lund Family Center, Fox Hollow Forest School, Burlington Children's Space, Valley Cooperative Preschool, The Willowell Foundation, Springfield Area Parent Child Center, Garland School, Rutland Community Programs, Morristown After School Program, and Mary Johnson Children's Center. Sub-awards were dated between December 17, 2025, and June 23, 2026, reflecting ongoing distribution of block grant resources across the state's early childhood care ecosystem.