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The 2014 reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant will change how states and territories provide child care subsidies to low-income families. Before reauthorization, eligibility periods were usually set at either 6 or 12 months, with families sometimes losing subsidies sooner because of changes in circumstances. Now, eligibility periods will have to be at least 12 months, and in many cases, families will continue receiving assistance if their circumstances change during that period. This brief describes state and territory policies for ongoing eligibility before reauthorization and how those policies will have to change in the coming years.