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Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation

ID: HHS-2024-ACF-OPRE-YE-1212 • Type: Posted
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Description

Posted: May 9, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) intends to solicit applications for Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation awards. The early care and education (ECE) landscape has shifted in recent years due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, increasing state and local investments in public pre-kindergarten, a declining supply of home-based ECE settings, changing ECE workforce qualification or educational requirements, and ECE workforce shortages and provider instability exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This shifting landscape has implications, including unintended consequences, for access to infant and toddler care and education (i.e., the extent to which families are able to secure care with reasonable effort, the affordability of care, care that meets parents' needs, care that supports children's development).This grant opportunity will provide funding to address key research and evaluation questions related to care and education access for infants and toddlers at the national, state, or local level.Specifically, these awards will support either:descriptive research studies to document current access, shifts in access over time, or the characteristics of specific policies, practices, or other efforts that may be affecting access; orevaluations to explore the implementation or effects of specific policies, practices, or other efforts that may be affecting access.Proposed projects can include primary data collection and/or leverage secondary data sources. Proposed projects can use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods data at the national, state or territory, or local level.It is anticipated that awards will have a projected 36-month project period starting on September 30, 2024, and ending September 29, 2027, with two 18-month budget periods. The award ceiling and floor included in this forecast are per budget period. For further information about OPRE, see http://acf.hhs.gov/opre.If you are interested in this funding opportunity, please register at Grants.gov and subscribe to this forecast to receive update notifications.
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Background
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is soliciting applications for Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation awards. The early care and education (ECE) landscape has shifted in recent years due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, increasing state and local investments in public pre-kindergarten, a declining supply of home-based ECE settings, changing ECE workforce qualification or educational requirements, and ECE workforce shortages and provider instability exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This shifting landscape has implications, including unintended consequences, for access to infant and toddler care and education.

Grant Details
This grant opportunity will provide funding to address key research and evaluation questions related to care and education access for infants and toddlers at the national, state, or local level.
Specifically, these awards will support either: descriptive research studies to document current access, shifts in access over time, or the characteristics of specific policies, practices, or other efforts that may be affecting access; or evaluations to explore the implementation or effects of specific policies, practices, or other efforts that may be affecting access.
Proposed projects can include primary data collection and/or leverage secondary data sources.
Proposed projects can use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods data at the national, state or territory, or local level.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility is unrestricted. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity.

Period of Performance
It is anticipated that awards will have a projected 36-month project period starting on September 30, 2024, and ending September 29, 2027, with two 18-month budget periods.

Grant Value
The estimated total funding is $2,400,000 with an expected number of 8 awards.
The award ceiling per budget period is $450,000 and the award floor per budget period is $75,000.
The average projected award amount is $300,000 per budget period.

Place of Performance
The grant will be performed at the national, state or territory level.
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Overview

Agency
Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) [HHS - ACF]
Category of Funding
Income Security and Social Services
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
93.575 - Child Care and Development Block Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 5/9/24 the Office of Planning Research and Evaluation posted grant opportunity HHS-2024-ACF-OPRE-YE-1212 for Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation with funding of $2.4 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant. It is expected that 8 total grants will be made worth between $75,000 and $450,000.

Timing

Posted Date
May 9, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 8, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Last Updated
May 9, 2024, 10:24 a.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Aug. 7, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Special district governments
State governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
City or township governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Small businesses
For profit organizations other than small businesses
County governments
Additional Info
Applicant organizations/entities may submit more than one application on behalf of more than one researcher, as long as the applications are distinct in scope. 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. 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.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$450,000
Floor
$75,000
Estimated Program Funding
$2,400,000
Estimated Number of Grants
8

Contacts

Contact
Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
Contact Email
jenessa.malin@acf.hhs.gov   Profile
Contact Phone
(202) 690-7110

Documents

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