The LAC Reads Capacity Program aims to enhance early grade reading interventions in the LAC region by providing knowledge resources and technical assistance to governments and key stakeholders. This program, managed by the Education Team of the Regional Sustainable Development Office of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, focuses on boosting reading outcomes for disadvantaged children. It strives to increase awareness, demand, and capacity for evidence-based practices in early-grade reading. Applications are open until March 14, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 250096
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SOL-OAA-14-000043 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | LAC Reads Capacity Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jan 17, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 13, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $3,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Potential partners include, but are not necessarily limited to: private voluntary organizations, foundations, colleges and universities, civic groups, faith-based and community institutions, international organizations, private businesses and associations, regional organizations, philanthropic organizations, and advocacy groups. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Agency for International Development |
| Description: | The purpose of the LAC Reads Capacity Program is to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in the LAC region through the development of state-of-the-art knowledge resources and the provision of technical assistance to host country governments, and other selected key stakeholders, to enhance their efforts to boost early grade reading outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children. Working in collaboration with USAIDs bilateral missions, the program will facilitate stakeholder understanding and application of evidence-based, context appropriate, approaches to improving early grade reading. The LAC Reads Capacity program is one component of the LAC Reads Project, which is managed by the Education Team of the Regional Sustainable Development Office of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC/RSD/EDU). The overall aims of the LAC Reads Capacity Program will be: increased awareness of effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders; increased demand for effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders; and increased capacity to integrate the use of effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sharon Baker
Agreement Specialist Phone 2025675098 Email:shbaker@usaid.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| The purposes of this Amendment are to 1) correct expected number of awards; and 2) add the amendments. | Jan 17, 2014 | |
| Jan 17, 2014 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SOL-OAA-14-000043 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | LAC Reads Capacity Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jan 17, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 13, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $3,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Potential partners include, but are not necessarily limited to: private voluntary organizations, foundations, colleges and universities, civic groups, faith-based and community institutions, international organizations, private businesses and associations, regional organizations, philanthropic organizations, and advocacy groups. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Agency for International Development |
| Description: | The purpose of the LAC Reads Capacity Program is to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in the LAC region through the development of state-of-the-art knowledge resources and the provision of technical assistance to host country governments, and other selected key stakeholders, to enhance their efforts to boost early grade reading outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children. Working in collaboration with USAIDs bilateral missions, the program will facilitate stakeholder understanding and application of evidence-based, context appropriate, approaches to improving early grade reading. The LAC Reads Capacity program is one component of the LAC Reads Project, which is managed by the Education Team of the Regional Sustainable Development Office of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC/RSD/EDU). The overall aims of the LAC Reads Capacity Program will be: increased awareness of effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders; increased demand for effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders; and increased capacity to integrate the use of effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sharon Baker
Agreement Specialist Phone 2025675098 Email:shbaker@usaid.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SOL-OAA-14-000043 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | LAC Reads Capacity Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 17, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 13, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $3,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Potential partners include, but are not necessarily limited to: private voluntary organizations, foundations, colleges and universities, civic groups, faith-based and community institutions, international organizations, private businesses and associations, regional organizations, philanthropic organizations, and advocacy groups. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Agency for International Development |
| Description: | The purpose of the LAC Reads Capacity Program is to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in the LAC region through the development of state-of-the-art knowledge resources and the provision of technical assistance to host country governments, and other selected key stakeholders, to enhance their efforts to boost early grade reading outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children. Working in collaboration with USAIDs bilateral missions, the program will facilitate stakeholder understanding and application of evidence-based, context appropriate, approaches to improving early grade reading. The LAC Reads Capacity program is one component of the LAC Reads Project, which is managed by the Education Team of the Regional Sustainable Development Office of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC/RSD/EDU). The overall aims of the LAC Reads Capacity Program will be: increased awareness of effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders; increased demand for effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders; and increased capacity to integrate the use of effective evidence-based practices that increase early-grade reading achievement by ministries of education and other key stakeholders. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sharon Baker
Agreement Specialist Phone 2025675098 Email:shbaker@usaid.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 250096 Full Announcement-1 -> amendment 002 – rfa#sol-oaa-14-000043 – lac reads.pdf
Folder 250096 Full Announcement-2 -> amendment 001 – rfa#sol-oaa-14-000043.pdf
Folder 250096 Full Announcement-2 -> amendment 002 – rfa#sol-oaa-14-000043 – lac reads.pdf
Folder 250096 Full Announcement-2 -> rfa#sol-oaa-14-000043.pdf
Folder 250096 Full Announcement-2 -> annex 2 – 14 lessons learned (preal, 2013).pdf
Folder 250096 Full Announcement-2 -> annex 1 – lac regional education policy assessment (usaid, 2012).pdf
Folder 250096 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> amendment 001 – rfa#sol-oaa-14-000043.pdf
Folder 250096 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> annex 2 – 14 lessons learned (preal, 2013).pdf
Folder 250096 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> annex 1 – lac regional education policy assessment (usaid, 2012).pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Sharon Baker Agreement Specialist Phone 2025675098 Email: shbaker@usaid.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98.001 | SOL-OAA-14-000043 | LAC Reads Capacity Program | PKG00191909 | Jan 16, 2014 | Mar 14, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
250096 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
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