This NOFO aims to address research questions of relevance to state, territory, tribal, or local Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) policy contexts while building collective knowledge about the effectiveness of child care subsidy policies and practices.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territory: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $400,000
Grant Duration: 48 months
Details:
The primary goal of this program is to evaluate a single area of policy across lead agencies, with sponsored projects examining common research questions, constructs, and outcomes. Specifically, funding multiple research partnerships evaluating one policy area will support understanding of the implementation and effects of subsidy payment policies (i.e., provider payment rates and family co-payments) on access to child care for families with low incomes both within specific states, territories, and tribes and also across these sites. Research projects must be carried out by research partnerships that received funding to develop evaluation plans under HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901. Together, sponsored project teams will refine and implement evaluation plans developed under Phase I to examine the effectiveness of child care subsidy payment policies and practices in their state, territory, or tribe. Grant recipients will be expected to implement their proposed research designs to adequately address the research questions of interest and provide valuable information that can help guide CCDF lead agencies in the refinement and improvement of policies.
The overall goal of the Coordinated Evaluations of CCDF Policies and Initiatives: Implementation Grants is to build knowledge about how subsidy payment policies and practices (i.e., provider payment rates and family co-payments) at the local, state, and national levels affect access to child care. Funded partnerships will refine and implement the evaluation plans jointly developed under Phase I to examine how child care subsidy payment policies and practices (i.e., provider payment rates and family co-payments) impact access to quality child care for families with low incomes. Results of the projects funded through this NOFO are expected to inform policies and evaluations in selected sites as well as other sites; identify and demonstrate links between policies, practices, or activities, and key outcomes; support building knowledge of the effects of child care subsidy policies and practices on key outcomes of interest; and inform federal subsidy policy.
The specific goals and expectations of the grant program include the following:
- Goal 1. To conduct rigorous evaluations examining the implementation and outcomes of subsidy payment policies and practices (i.e., provider payment rate and family co-payment) in the state, territory, or tribe.
- Goal 2. To develop research partnerships that support collaboration among child care researchers and CCDF lead agencies and build the capacity of lead agencies to plan and conduct rigorous research that can inform federal, state, territory, tribal, and/or local subsidy policy.
- Goal 3. To foster active communication and collaboration among grant recipients in order to strengthen individual projects and to build knowledge about child care subsidy policies.
- Goal 4. To increase the dissemination and use of child care research at the national, state, territory, tribal, and/or local levels.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $8,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $400,000
- Award Floor: $200,000
Project Periods
48-month project period with four 12-month budget periods.
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Small businesses
- For profit organizations other than Small businesses
- Independent school districts
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are grant recipients previously awarded planning cooperative agreements under funding opportunity number HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
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