STAM Conference5.0.1 - App Store

The Office of Child Care’s (OCC) 2025 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State and Territory Administrators Meeting (STAM 2025) will focus on leading and implementing the CCDF program. The keynote speaker will be Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development, Dr. Laurie Todd-Smith, who will share about the Administration’s vision and priorities. STAM 2025 will be an in-person meeting, but it will offer some limited virtual participation options as well.

Meeting Schedule

Full STAM 2025 proceedings will begin at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, July 22nd, and will conclude by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 24th. There will be meeting and engagement opportunities for all participants on all three meeting days.

Tuesday, July 22nd, will focus on Federal updates and discussions among OCC leaders, CCDF administrators, lead agency staff members, and other partners from states and territories. Wednesday, July 23rd and Thursday, July 24th, will include a mix of plenary sessions, breakouts, and a significant amount of time dedicated to peer-to-peer discussions.

On Friday, July 25th, OCC will host a half-day meeting for territory CCDF administrators and staff members (by invitation only) that will begin at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) and will conclude by 12:00 noon (EDT).

Agenda

STAM 2025 will feature regional meetings, facilitated peer-learning discussions, networking opportunities, presentations by subject-matter experts and technical assistance specialists, federal updates, and an analysis of data and information submitted by lead agencies.

The draft STAM 2025 agenda includes a focus on the following topics:

Parental choice
Flexibilities in the CCDF program
Supply building and workforce expansion
Health, safety, and innovations in quality
Fiscal strategies
Leadership and administration.

Discussions around these topics will include both information about new and clarified policies, as well as extensive consideration of implementation strategies related to each policy. Preliminary breakout session plans for STAM include elements such as: 1) explanation and clarification of policies; 2) discussions with and among states about strategies they’ve used in implementation of CCDF policies; 3) sharing of technical assistance tools and resources to support implementation; and 4) exploration of other considerations - including program integrity and coordination with partners across child care systems - relevant to implementation of CCDF policies.

Version History - Updated store information 5.0.1 08/13/2025 Updated for the 2025 conference starting on July 22nd in Reston, Virginia. 5.0.0 07/14/2025 Fixed an issue with camera permissions. 4.0.2 07/30/2024 Minor update. New home icon for FAQs. Updated support form. Updated contact number. 4.0.1 07/24/2024 New content to support the State and Territory CCDF Administrators Meeting 2024 (STAM 2024). July 30 - August 1, 2024. 4.0.0 07/11/2024 General app improvements. Support for Friday the 4th added. better descriptions of buttons. 3.0.5 07/29/2023 New content added do event pages. General bug fixes. 3.0.4 07/27/2023 Updates
- Small improvements and changes to this version of the app.
- New information about tracks.

Bug Fixes
- The FAQs would all open if one was clicked on. Only one will open now. 3.0.1 07/21/2023 This app has been updated for the 2023 conference taking place from August 1-3, 2023. 3.0.0 07/19/2023 - Change your state from the general info tab
- Fixed speakers showing up in sub-sessions 2.1.4 08/07/2018 - Changed the session colors to match printed agenda
- Updated the map of the hotel
- New format for answering questions (behind the scenes though) 2.1.3 08/05/2018 This version has a dynamic agenda that loads speaker information, polling questions, and resources. There is also a message board where you can post your thoughts and comments about the conference. 2.1.2 08/03/2018 This app is updated for the 2018 Conference!

In this version you'll get:
- Updated agenda
- New Hotel Information
- New resources to help guide you through Crystal City for the conference
- New list of local restaurants to dine on during the conference

We look forward to seeing you in September! 2.1.1 07/13/2018 - General bug fixes.
- Fixed keyboard function that covered the submit.
- Changed successful alert message text
- Added support for more information about sessions 1.0.7 08/08/2017 1.0 08/05/2017