This grant, offered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is for funding research and evaluation activities focused on the analysis of child care administrative data. Projects must be led by Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies in partnership with researchers. The objective is to address research questions of national and state relevance, utilizing existing data such as ACF 801, ACF 700, and licensing information. Funding will not support new data collection. Expected outcomes include increased knowledge on the efficacy of child care subsidy policies and quality improvement initiatives in supporting parental employment, increasing access to high-quality programs for low-income families, and promoting positive learning outcomes for children. Grantees will participate in a collaborative network to share insights.
Opportunity ID: 234253
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YE-0604 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Child Care Administrative Data Analysis Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.575 — Child Care and Development Block Grant |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 10, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 24, 2013 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 24, 2013 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 24, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $50,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Proposed research projects must be led by State/Territory/Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies. CCDF Lead Agencies may partner with other organizations (e.g., public or private institutions of higher education, for profit or nonprofit research organizations), especially if the eligible agency does not have the in-house capacity to conduct research. Each CCDF Lead Agency may submit no more than one application. For a list of CCDF State/Territory grantees, please visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/resource/ccdf-grantee-state-and-territory-contacts. For a list of CCDF Tribal grantees by state, please visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/resource/ccdf-tribal-grantees-listed-by-state. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Administration for Children and Families – OPRE |
| Description: | The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to solicit applications for Child Care Administrative Data Analysis Grants. These cooperative agreements would fund research and evaluation activities that primarily involve the analysis of child care administrative data. Projects would be led by CCDF Lead Agencies in states/territories/tribes and conducted in partnership with researchers. Successful applicants will pursue research questions of national and state relevance and develop their methodology and research questions in partnership with local and state child care researchers and other stakeholders. Successful project proposals must involve the analysis of child care administrative data (e.g., ACF 801 data, ACF 700 data, licensing data, data collected as part of administering a subsidy program or quality improvement initiative). Projects may involve linking administrative data to other existing data sources (e.g., CCDF Policies Database, state survey data, data from other early care and education programs). Funds from this grant may not be used for data collection. Proposals for collaborative projects exploring common questions across states would be permitted and encouraged. Results from this research are expected to add to our knowledge about the efficacy of child care subsidy policies and quality improvement initiatives in supporting employment and self-sufficiency outcomes for parents, increasing access by low-income families to high quality programs, and promoting positive learning and school readiness outcomes for children. Projects are also expected to inform the field at large regarding administrative data analysis. As such, grantees will be expected to participate in a network of child care administrative data analysis grantees, meeting annually and communicating regularly to share lessons learned, identify opportunities for collaborative analyses, and develop collective expertise and resources to be shared with the field at large. Since 2000, Congress has appropriated about $10 million per year of the discretionary Child Care and Development Fund to be used for child care research and evaluation. For more information on CCDF, please visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/resource/ccdf-law. Funding is subject to availability of funds and the best interests of the federal government. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YE-0604 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
ACF Applications Help Desk
app_support@acf.hhs.gov Email:app_support@acf.hhs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | ACF Applications Help Desk app_support@acf.hhs.gov Email: app_support@acf.hhs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.575 | HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YE-0604 | Child Care Administrative Data Analysis Grants | PKG00177470 | May 10, 2013 | Jun 24, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
234253 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
234253 Other-1.1.pdf
234253 SF424A-1.0.pdf
234253 SF424B-1.1.pdf
234253 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
234253 Project-1.1.pdf
234253 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
234253 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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