Deadline: 15-Jun-23
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is seeking applications to address research questions of relevance to state, territory, tribal, or local CCDF policy contexts while building collective knowledge about the effectiveness of child care subsidy policies and practices.
In September 2021, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), funded ten cooperative agreements under HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901 (Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives; Phase I). Those grants provided funding to support partnerships between CCDF lead agencies and researchers to develop rigorous, policy-relevant evaluation plans that examine the impact of child care subsidy payment policies (i.e., family co-payments and/or provider payment rates) on access to high quality child care for families with low incomes. This NOFO will fund Phase II grants to implement the evaluation plans developed under the planning grants.
A 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.
Goals
- The specific goals and expectations of the grant program include the following:
- 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.
- 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.
- To foster active communication and collaboration among grant recipients in order to strengthen individual projects and to build knowledge about child care subsidy policies.
- 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
- Expected Number of Awards: 5
- Award Ceiling: $400,000 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $200,000
- Per Budget Period Average Projected Award Amount: $400,000
- Per Budget Period Anticipated Project Start Date: 09/30/2023
- Length of Project Periods: 48-month project period with four 12-month budget periods
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are grant recipients previously awarded planning cooperative agreements under funding opportunity number.
- 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 ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- Small businesses
- Others
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.