Deadline: 24-Jun-22
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Care (OCC) is pleased to announce the availability of funds and request applications for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 American Indian and Native Hawaiian Non-profit Organization Child Care Grant.
The purpose of this grant is to provide child care services to American Indian and/or Native Hawaiian youth who are not currently receiving child care services funded by other Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) formula grants.
The CCDF subsidies help low-income families with children under the age of 13 pay for child care. As a block grant, CCDF gives funding to states, territories, and tribes to provide child care subsidies through vouchers or certificates to low-income families and grants and contracts (e.g., direct services) to providers in some states.
The CCDF program is committed to providing funding towards quality child care services that adequately address the needs and unique circumstances of Native Hawaiian or American Indian youth and their families.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $500,000
- Length of Project Periods: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Activities
- Serving children in safe, healthy, nurturing child care settings that are effective in promoting learning and child development;
- Developing and/or implementing program standards to ensure health and safety and quality of care;
- Minimizing any disruptions to children’s development and learning by promoting continuity of care;
- Promoting strategies that ensure an adequate supply of child care providers;
- Providing professional development and other support to child care providers;
- Promoting culturally relevant activities, including language immersion programs, the integration of storytellers, and cultural training for parents and providers;
- Ensuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and Two-Spirit individuals, including parents, children, and providers, are fairly treated and served in an inclusive and nonstigmatizing way;
- Engaging and supporting parents and other family members including providing consumer education;
- Supporting parent employment and expanding quality choices available to them;
- Promoting continuous quality improvement activities;
- Coordinating and collaborating with other early care and education programs administered at the state or local level, schools, and other services as appropriate;
- Ensuring program accountability and integrity; and
- Ensuring children’s health and safety through announced and unannounced visits and background checks, by the recipient or other entity.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants under this NOFO are American Indian and Native Hawaiian private nonprofit organization[s] established for the purpose of serving American Indian or Native Hawaiian youth.
- Eligible applicants under this NOFO:
- cannot have a current CCDF formula grant directly with the federal government (e.g., OCC); and
- must provide child care services to American Indian or Native Hawaiian youth who are not currently receiving child care services funded by other CCDF formula grants.
- If an American Indian organization is already receiving funding under a grant directly with the federal government (e.g., OCC), it is not eligible to receive funding for the same service area under this NOFO.
- 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.
- Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335555