# Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hhs-2021-acf-opre-ye-1901-coordinated-evaluations-of-child-care-and-development-fund/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/328865

> Administration for Children and Families - OPRE offered grants of up to $150,000 (at least $75,000) to any type of organization. It expected to make about 15 awards worth $2.3 million in total. Applications closed on July 20, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901 |
| Agency | Administration for Children and Families - OPRE |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 20, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $150,000 |
| Award floor | $75,000 |
| Expected awards | 15 |
| Total funding | $2.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.575 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this funding opportunity announcement.

## What the grant funds

The FOA has been modified to correct an error in the page limit for the application in Section IV.2. Content and Form of Application Submission. Applicants must limit the combined Project Description and Appendices file to 100 pages. The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), within the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), intends to award cooperative agreements under the Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives: Planning Grants (Phase I) to support partnerships between Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies and researchers to develop rigorous, policy-relevant evaluations testing child care subsidy policies designed to increase low-income families’ access to high quality child care. Sponsored projects will evaluate local policies and practices related to setting and implementing subsidy payment rates and/or family co-payments. These projects will inform local and federal understanding about the efficacy of child care subsidy policies and practices. These 18-month grants, with one project and budget period, will fund a planning phase to design evaluations. These planning grants may be followed by a second competition (Phase II), under a separate FOA, to support execution of the research and evaluation plans. Projects must be conducted through partnerships between CCDF lead agencies (i.e., states, territories, tribes, or local subsidy administering agencies) and researchers from institutions of higher education or research organizations. The research supported by this grant program should be collaborative from start to finish. The CCDF lead agency and their research partners must work together to refine research plans and protocols during the planning grant period to prepare to implement a rigorous evaluation of subsidy payment rate and family co-payment methods and structures in the subsidy system. Sponsored projects will be expected to participate in a consortium that will meet and communicate regularly to identify opportunities for coordination, such as common data elements and research methods, and to develop collective expertise and resources for the field. The consortium’s collaboration will support research capacity and learning within individual projects and across grantees.

## Questions people ask

### Is HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901 still open?

No. It closed on July 20, 2021.

### Who can apply for Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives?

Administration for Children and Families - OPRE accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives?

Closed July 20, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $150,000 each. About $2.3 million in total across about 15 awards.

### Who has won Child Care and Development Block Grant grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Texas Workforce Commission, Florida Department of Education, Department of Education California. The program made 2,389 awards worth $79 billion in that time.