The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is offering this grant to operate Research Connections, a crucial web-based, interactive database. This grant is for sustaining and enhancing a comprehensive collection of research documents and public use datasets focused on early care and education, particularly for children in low-income families. Research Connections provides researchers access to vital data from major child care, Head Start, and early education studies. Furthermore, it offers technical assistance to researchers and policymakers, strengthening the dissemination and utilization of research. The grant also supports the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, ensuring continued access to critical information and fostering collaborative research efforts in this vital field.
Opportunity ID: 234234
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YE-0601 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Research Connections |
| 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: | 1 |
| 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: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | For profit organizations other than small businesses Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Small businesses Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Faith-based higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and for profit organizations. 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 award a cooperative agreement to operate Research Connections. Research Connections is a web-based, interactive database of research documents and public use data sets for conducting secondary analyses on topics related to early care and education. Research Connections houses an increasingly comprehensive collection of research reports, syntheses, and other critical information related to child care and early education, and in particular, children in low-income families; provides researchers access to data from major child care, Head Start, and early education research and evaluation studies; provides technical assistance to researchers and policy makers; provides collaboration and outreach that can strengthen dissemination and use of research by both the research and the policy maker communities, and provides support to the Child Care Policy Research Consortium. Access the site at: http://www.researchconnections.org. The grantee will both sustain and build upon current Research Connections functions. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YE-0601 |
| 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
There are no related documents on this grant.
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-0601 | Research Connections | PKG00177456 | May 10, 2013 | Jun 24, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
234234 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
234234 Other-1.1.pdf
234234 SF424A-1.0.pdf
234234 SF424B-1.1.pdf
234234 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
234234 Project-1.1.pdf
234234 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
234234 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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