2019 CCDF Public Comment Survey

The Child Care and Development Block Grant provides federal Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) to states in order to improve access to affordable high quality child care services for low income working families. CCDF is also used to support information and child care referral services for families and support and improve the quality of child care services in states.

All states are required to submit a plan to the federal Office of Child care in the Agency of Health and Human Services for the use of CCDF and state matching and maintenance of effort funds. To view Vermont's draft plan for federal fiscal year 2019 visit our website at http://dcf.vermont.gov/cdd-blog/child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-state-plan-public-hearing

Vermont's Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division (CDD) is the lead agency in Vermont for CCDF. The current plan is being developed and CDD would like to receive feedback on the plan.

This survey is designed to collect feedback, and is broken down into the different areas of the plan. You may submit comments in any area, or all of the areas. It is helpful if you can add the plan section number, such as 3.1.1 to your response.This survey is confidential. If you are unsure which area your comment fits, you may add them at the end of the survey.

1.Section 1: Define CCDF Leadership and Coordination With Relevant Systems

2.Section 2: Promote Family Engagement Through Outreach and Consumer Education

3.Section 3: Provide Stable Child Care Financial Assistance to Families

4.Section 4: Ensure Equal Access to Child Care for Low-Income Children

5.Section 5: Establish Standards and Monitoring Processes To Ensure the Health and Safety of Child Care Settings

6.Section 6: Recruit and Retain a Qualified and Effective Child Care Workforce

7.Section 7: Support Continuous Quality Improvement

8.Section 8: Ensure Grantee Program Integrity and Accountability

9.Additional comments:

Current Progress,

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