The Administration for Children and Families is seeking applications for its Center for Home-based Child Care Research.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/10/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
This cooperative agreement would establish a Center for Home-based Child Care Research (referred to throughout as “the Center”) to support research about home-based child care (HBCC) in states, territories, tribes, and/or local community contexts. The purpose of the Center is to provide leadership, build research capacity in the field, and offer support in the development and facilitation of local research to improve understanding of HBCC settings and providers and access by the families who seek and utilize HBCC. This research center would promote sound research examining HBCC supply and the factors that support or suppress the availability of HBCC in communities. In addition, this Center would advance the field’s understanding of HBCC engagement in public programs and quality improvement efforts. The Center’s activities would build research and evaluation capacity in the field and support research in states, territories, and/or tribes that could inform local initiatives designed to sustain and strengthen HBCC.
A range of priority research topics and focal areas for this opportunity has been identified to improve the CCEE field’s understanding and to build the evidence base to support the full range of HBCC settings and HBCC providers, including:
- HBCC types (e.g., paid/unpaid, more formal/less formal).
- Funding sources (e.g., CCDF subsidy, private pay, Head Start, public prekindergarten).
- Provider characteristics (e.g., education level, years in field).
- Setting characteristics (e.g., enrollment size, licensing/exempt status).
- Community characteristics (e.g., rural, urban).
- CCEE system participation (e.g., licensing/regulation, CCDF subsidy, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)).
Goals
The three research goals of this Center are to:
- Examine and strengthen the role of state and local organizations in supporting HBCC supply.
- Build capacity in the HBCC field by supporting research practice partnerships.
- Conduct and communicate research about HBCC supply that is based on current strategies and needs of communities, including partners and leaders in states, territories, and/or tribes.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $1,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $500,000
Project Period
60 months
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
- Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity.
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