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Child Care Policy Research Partnerships: Evaluating Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies’ Consumer Education Strategies
HHS-2025-ACF-OPRE-YE-0018
Alysia Blandon
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2025-ACF-OPRE-YE-0018
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Expected Number of Awards: 6
CFDA Number(s): 93.575 -- Child Care and Development Block Grant
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Posted Date: Jul 30, 2024 12:00:00 AM EDT
Closing Date: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: 1500000
Award Ceiling: $400000
Award Floor: $150000
Eligible Applicants: Special district governments,State governments,Public and State controlled institutions of higher education,City or township governments,Small businesses,Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education,Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities,Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education,Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments),County governments,For profit organizations other than small businesses,Independent school districts,Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized),Private institutions of higher education,Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The applicant eligibility is unrestricted. The CCPRP awards are intended to fund collaborative research projects between a CCDF Lead Agency and entities with demonstrated research capacity (referred to as research partners). Therefore, eligible applicants may be either the CCDF Lead Agency or research partner organization. CCDF Lead Agencies can partner on multiple applications for funding under this awards program; however, it is unlikely that a lead agency would receive more than one award as the award recipient or as the partner. This also applies to research partner organizations, such that organizations may submit multiple applications as the research partner, but an organization would not receive more than one award as the award recipient or as the partner. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
Description: The Child Care Policy Research Partnerships: Evaluating Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies’ Consumer Education Strategies funding opportunity will support research partnerships between state, territory, and tribal CCDF Lead Agencies and institutions with demonstrated research capacity to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of lead agencies’ consumer education strategies that are designed to help parents make informed choices about their children’s early care and education. To ensure that the funded work is timely and relevant, the CCDF Lead Agency and their research partners must collaborate actively throughout all phases of the project.Award recipients will be expected to:(1) Conduct a rigorous summative (i.e., impact) evaluation that uses an experimental approach or an approach that lends itself to strong causal inference. Projects are expected to employ a randomized control trial or a high-quality quasi-experimental design.(2) Engage relevant entities, groups, and/or individuals with lived experience in the research process (e.g., child care resource & referral agencies, parents with young children), as appropriate. This type of engagement can improve the rigor and relevance of ACF research and evaluation, facilitate the uptake of findings, and increase our capacity to promote equity. For more information on OPRE’s expectations for active engagement (see Making Evaluations Rigorous and Relevant, https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/making-evaluations-rigorous-and-relevant-role-active-engagement-development-learning).(3) Collaborate with federal staff and participate in a consortium that will meet and communicate regularly to identify opportunities to coordinate, such as using common data elements and research methods, and to develop collective expertise and resources for the field.(4) Disseminate knowledge and insights gained from the evaluations to a broad range of audiences at the local, state, and national levels.Additional Information:(1) The awards will be 5-year cooperative agreements with five 12-month budget periods.(2) The cooperative agreements allow for a 1-year planning period.Funding is subject to availability of funds and the best interests of the federal government. For further information about OPRE, see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre.
