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HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YR-1967: Head Start University Partnerships: Building the Evidence Base for ECE Workforce Well-Being

Closed Closed July 6, 2021 Opportunity HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YR-1967 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start - Child Care Partnership Grants in Multiple States (HHS-2027-ACF-OHS-CH-0125). Status: Expected deadline December 15, 2026. It is in our archive of Administration for Children and Families - OPRE notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$250,000
• Total funding$2.0 million
• Expected awards8
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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

Eligibility is not limited, and ACF encourages the following to apply: Tribally Controlled Land Grant Colleges and Universities; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Hispanic Serving Institutions; and Faith-based institutions of higher education. Applicant organizations/entities may submit more than one application, on behalf of more than one researcher, subject to the qualifications listed in this section. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Head Start awards averaged $10.3 million; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (75% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The goal of these Head Start Partnership Grants is to develop the knowledge base regarding factors associated with Head Start (HS)/Early Head Start (EHS) workforce well-being and to complete rigorous evaluations of approaches expected to improve HS and/or EHS workforce well-being. The workforce to be examined is HS and/or EHS educational staff (e.g., teachers, assistant teachers). Proposed approaches should be feasible, sustainable, and replicable in HS and/or EHS settings. Well-being constructs proposed by applicants may include secondary trauma, autonomy, decision-making, self-efficacy, health/mental health, job-related stress, or work satisfaction. The targeted workforce well-being construct(s) should be linked in the literature to workforce retention, continuity of care, teacher-child interactions, or other markers associated with quality and child/family outcomes in ECE settings. Projects of interest to ACF will utilize an equity lens in their approach to this work. Projects will be expected to participate in a consortium of grantees, meeting annually and communicating regularly to share lessons learned, identifying opportunities for collaborative analyses, and developing collective expertise and resources to be shared with the field at large. The grantees will collaborate on measures, conceptual framework(s) development, and operational definitions to ensure that the results of their projects improve understanding of workforce well-being in HS and/or EHS. The projects will also collaborate to explore potential mediators and moderators of workforce well-being (e.g., community, environmental, and organizational factors). Each grantee will adapt or refine a workforce well-being approach or approaches to be rigorously evaluated in HS and/or EHS settings. ACF is considering grant awards for $250,000 to $500,000 dollars of funding per budget year for up to five years. The first one-year budget period of the project will be utilized for adapting, refining, and piloting approaches, and developing and refining a conceptual framework and collaborative measurement plan across the projects. Funding is subject to availability of funds and the best interest of the Federal government. For more information about OPRE, please go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/index.html.

Category: Income Security and Social Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HHS-2027-ACF-OHS-CH-0125, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.