Child Development and Care

The Office of Child Development and Care (CDC) supports low-income working families by providing access to affordable, high-quality early care and afterschool programs. To achieve this end, the office supports numerous efforts designed to assess and improve the level of quality across the spectrum of Michigan's early learning and care settings.

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Parents

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Providers

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Partners

Click Here for News (Updated on 9/9/2024)

Maintaining Expanded Eligibility to Child Care Scholarship and Provider Rates- 9/9/24 Effective September 22, 2024, the income eligibility chart is updated using the most current FPL and State Median Income (SMI) data and the provider scholarship rates will increase by 15%. Please read memo, which was mailed to active CDC parents and providers, for more information. CCDF State Plan

Review the draft CCDF State Plan for FY25-27 Review the approved amendments to the CCDF State Plan for FY22-24

Grant Information

Summer 2022 Child Care Stabilization Grants

For the Summer Stabilization Grant we will release on August 9 and close on September 9. Report will be due no later than July 1, 2023 (all unspent funds returned by July 15, 2023). Award letters to be issued September 30 with payments to providers the first week of October. Follow the Summer grant page link for webinar information and grant updates as they become available. Get information about Summer 2022 Child Care Stabilization Grant

Spring 2022 Child Care Stabilization Grants

We will release the Spring grant spending report August 2. Report will be due no later than March 1, 2023 (all unspent funds returned by March 15, 2023). Follow the Spring grant page link for webinar information. Get information about Spring 2022 Child Care Stabilization Grant

Fall 2021 Child Care Stabilization Grants

Round 6 Child Care Relief Fund Grants Update - Outstanding Payments to Be Released Week of June 27

The Department of Education is pleased to announce we are now able to process Round 6 Child Care Relief Fund applications for eligible providers that were previously not funded.