Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives
Administration for Children and Families - OPRE · Department of Health and Human Services
At a glance
Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Administration for Children and Families - OPRE (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was July 20, 2021. Individual awards are listed as $75K – $150K, with about 15 awards expected and $2.25M in total estimated funding. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.575 (Child Care and Development Block Grant).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- Posted
- Jun 4, 2021
- Close date
- Jul 20, 2021
- Est. award date
- Sep 30, 2021
- Award floor
- $75,000
- Award ceiling
- $150,000
- Est. total funding
- $2,250,000
- Expected awards
- 15
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (any entity type)
Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this funding opportunity announcement.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The FOA has been modified to correct an error in the page limit for the application in Section IV.2. Content and Form of Application Submission. Applicants must limit the combined Project Description and Appendices file to 100 pages.
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), within the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), intends to award cooperative agreements under the Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives: Planning Grants (Phase I) to support partnerships between Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies and researchers to develop rigorous, policy-relevant evaluations testing child care subsidy policies designed to increase low-income families’ access to high quality child care. Sponsored projects will evaluate local policies and practices related to setting and implementing subsidy payment rates and/or family co-payments. These projects will inform local and federal understanding about the efficacy of child care subsidy policies and practices. These 18-month grants, with one project and budget period, will fund a planning phase to design evaluations. These planning grants may be followed by a second competition (Phase II), under a separate FOA, to support execution of the research and evaluation plans.
Projects must be conducted through partnerships between CCDF lead agencies (i.e., states, territories, tribes, or local subsidy administering agencies) and researchers from institutions of higher education or research organizations. The research supported by this grant program should be collaborative from start to finish. The CCDF lead agency and their research partners must work together to refine research plans and protocols during the planning grant period to prepare to implement a rigorous evaluation of subsidy payment rate and family co-payment methods and structures in the subsidy system.
Sponsored projects will be expected to participate in a consortium that will meet and communicate regularly to identify opportunities for coordination, such as common data elements and research methods, and to develop collective expertise and resources for the field. The consortium’s collaboration will support research capacity and learning within individual projects and across grantees.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 93.575
Historical data · not a predictionAgency contact (as published)
Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
ann.rivera@acf.hhs.gov
202-690-7110
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives”?
The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.
How much funding is available through “Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $75k – $150k, total estimated program funding is $2,250,000 and the agency expects to make about 15 awards.
How do I apply for “Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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