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When Your Subsidy Check Follows Attendance, Not Enrollment: A Daycare Owner's Guide to the 2026 CCDF Flexibility Rule
HHS's May 12, 2026 final rule restoring CCDF flexibility rescinded four 2024 mandates — the 7% co-payment cap, grants-or-contracts set-aside, prospective payment, and enrollment-based billing — effective July 13, 2026. Learn what attendance-based reimbursement means for daycare cash flow, how the 85% and five-day absence thresholds work, and which bookkeeping habits keep subsidy revenue predictable.
Mike Thrift
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