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2023 Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative Grant (Cohort 4 ) – Massachusetts

EEC is conducting a competitive procurement to award grants to cities, towns, regional school districts or educational collaboratives for the purposes of expanding high-quality pre-kindergarten or preschool opportunities, on a voluntary basis, to children who will be eligible for kindergarten by September 2023.

Donor Name: Department of Early Education and Care

State: Massachusetts

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/13/2023

Size of the Grant: $138,000

Grant Duration: 31 months

Details:

EEC will use the model of the Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative (CPPI) grant to engage communities in collaborations between public school districts and EEC-licensed early education programs to expand local access to high quality preschool for three and four-year-old children that meets the diverse needs of families in their communities.

Funding Information

  • EEC expects to award a minimum of $138,000 to each Applicant with an anticipated number of five (5) grantees.
  • Grant Duration
    • Initial Duration: Seven (7) Months
      • February 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023
    • Renewal Options: Two (2) one-year options
      • September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024
      • September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025
    • Total Maximum Grant Duration
      • Two (2) years and Seven (7) months

Eligibility Criteria

  • To be considered for the CPPI Cohort 4 Grant, applicants must meet the following criteria:
    • The application must represent a partnership between a public school district (LEA) and at least two (2) EEC-licensed early learning providers (ELPs). The partnering LEA must have staff dedicated to early learning programming. Communities will have until June 30, 2023 to have contracts in place.
    • Preference will be given to public school districts serving a high percentage of high-needs students.
    • Preference will be given to those communities who are recipients of the FY22 CPPI Planning Grants or the FY22 CPPI Implementation Grants.
    • Preference will be given to those communities who have previously conducted a targeted Needs Assessment in the community within the past five years.
    • CPPI Maintenance and Cohort 3 grantees are not eligible to apply.

For more information, visit EEC.

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