Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OPRE YE 1591
The Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants are a federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE). The program is designed to support four-year cooperative agreements that bring together Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies (in states, territories, or tribes) and research partners such as universities, research organizations, and other eligible entities with demonstrated policy research expertise. The central idea is to create applied, policy-relevant research projects that are jointly planned and carried out by the agency responsible for administering child care subsidies and the researchers who can rigorously evaluate how those policies work in practice.
A defining feature of this opportunity is the expectation of true collaboration from start to finish. Rather than a model where a research team operates separately and simply reports findings at the end, the CCDF Lead Agency and the research partner are expected to work together across all phases of the project, including selecting research questions, designing the study, accessing and interpreting administrative and program data, engaging stakeholders, and translating results into usable policy and program guidance. Because the work is meant to inform decisions beyond a single site, projects are expected to address questions that matter at both state (or tribal/territorial) and national levels, and applicants are encouraged to involve additional child care stakeholders such as providers, families, resource and referral organizations, advocates, and other state or local partners when appropriate.
The research focus is on building credible evidence about the effectiveness of child care subsidy policies and quality improvement strategies. In practical terms, ACF is looking for studies that can clarify which policy choices help parents work and move toward self-sufficiency, which approaches expand access for low-income families to higher-quality child care options, and which quality initiatives are associated with stronger child outcomes, including learning and school readiness. The opportunity highlights several example priority areas, including understanding the effects of policy changes made since the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014, strategies to support family child care providers, consumer education efforts that help families choose care, licensing and monitoring approaches that protect health and safety while supporting quality, and policies intended to increase the supply of high-quality child care in the market.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant competition using a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which typically signals substantial federal involvement during the project period (for example, coordination with ACF/OPRE on research activities and deliverables). The CFDA number listed is 93.575, and the funding activity category is Income Security and Social Services. The maximum award amount is listed as up to $400,000 (award ceiling), with an anticipated total of about 10 awards. Funding is explicitly subject to the availability of federal funds and the best interests of the federal government, which is standard language indicating that awards depend on appropriations and federal priorities.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and private entities, reflecting the partnership model. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) as well as small businesses; and other entities as allowed under the announcement. Even with this broad eligibility, the program description makes clear that the core structure should involve CCDF Lead Agencies working in close partnership with qualified researchers, since the purpose is to link policy authority, implementation knowledge, and rigorous evaluation capacity.
Key identifying information for the opportunity includes the title "Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants" and the funding opportunity number HHS 2019 ACF OPRE YE 1591. The posting indicates it was created on April 12, 2019, with an original closing date of June 14, 2019, and electronic applications due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as an evidence-building initiative meant to help child care administrators and researchers jointly test and learn from real-world subsidy and quality policies, generating findings that can improve program design and outcomes for families, providers, and children.Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OPRE YE 1591
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OPRE in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.575.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 12, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 14, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification), Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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