Managing Child Care Financial Assistance

View the Financial Assistance Policy Guide - February 1, 2022, and Financial Assistance Procedures Manual - February 1, 2022. 

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Through the state’s Fiscal Year 2025 state budget and another supplemental budget, $22.5 million was provided to increase the reimbursement rates for early education and care providers who care for children whose families receive state Child Care Financial Assistance (CCFA). The Board of Early Education and Care approved a rate increase plan that includes an across-the-board increase for all rates as well as additional targeted adjustments to specific rates by region and age group to make progress on inequities in rate amounts, based on the cost of providing care. 

EEC updated CCFA rates for center-based early education and care providers on March 1, 2025. This rate increase is retroactive to July 1, 2024, which means the rate increase will be applied to services provided on or after July 1, 2024. Center-based providers will receive a one-time payment in March to account for retroactive rate increases. 

EEC provides subsidies to families in need to help cover the cost of child care.  Early education and care programs that accept these subsidies use EEC's Child Care Financial Assistance (CCFA) system for documenting family eligibility, tracking child attendance, and submitting requests for reimbursement.

How to use CCFA

These instructional videos and training materials provide guidance for programs on how to use the various functions in CCFA. 

Get Help on CCFA

If you have a question about CCFA or need assistance using the system, you may submit a request to EEC's Help Desk. Please close your web browser after submitting the request.  If you have not received a response to a previously submitted request, please check your email junk folder before opening a new ticket.