Home Grown’s Statement on the Final Rule: Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

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Home Grown appreciates the work of the Biden-Harris administration to revise the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in support of greater access to high-quality child care for children and families participating in CCDF. Read our full statement.

Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care with a mission to increase access to and the quality of home-based child care. 

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