Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACF OPRE YE 1274
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Implementation Research and Evaluation Grants (Phase II/Cohort 1) is a discretionary federal funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE). It is designed as the second phase of a two-step effort that began with Phase I planning grants awarded in September 2016. In Phase I, eight Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies received 18-month cooperative agreements to build research-based evaluation plans focused on how their child care policies and initiatives were being implemented in response to the CCDBG Act of 2014. Phase II continues that work by supporting those same agencies in carrying out (implementing) the evaluation plans they previously developed.
Only entities that previously received the Phase I/Cohort 1 planning grants were eligible to apply for Phase II funding. The eligible applicant categories listed include state governments, county governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments, reflecting the types of public agencies that typically serve as CCDF Lead Agencies. While eligibility is narrow in practice because it is tied to receipt of the earlier planning award, the intent is clear: OPRE wanted to move beyond planning into real-world implementation studies that can generate usable evidence about CCDBG-related policy changes.
This opportunity uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument rather than a standard grant. That matters because cooperative agreements generally involve substantial federal involvement, meaning OPRE is likely to work closely with awardees over the life of the project through collaboration, technical guidance, and shared expectations about deliverables and study quality. Projects funded under this FOA are expected to refine the original research and evaluation plans in partnership with researchers, either internal to the agency or through an external research partner, and then execute the evaluation activities outlined in those plans.
A central expectation of Phase II is strong documentation and measurement around policy implementation. Grantees are expected to clearly describe the specific CCDF and CCDBG-related policies or initiatives they will study, explain how they will measure implementation and policy change, and connect those measures to the goals of the CCDBG Act of 2014. The FOA emphasizes that findings should not be produced in a vacuum; applicants must also spell out how results will be used to inform future policy and planning decisions. In other words, the program is oriented toward practical learning: understanding what changes were made, how they were carried out on the ground, what challenges arose, and what evidence can guide improvements in child care system administration and services.
Funding details indicate an award ceiling of $250,000, with up to eight expected awards, aligning with the eight Phase I planning grantees referenced in the description. Awards are made competitively, based on evaluation criteria laid out in the FOA, even though the applicant pool is limited to prior planning grantees. The project period is 48 months, structured into four 12-month budget periods. This multi-year timeline supports longer-term implementation research, allowing grantees to capture changes over time, adjust data collection approaches as needed, and produce more credible, actionable results than would typically be possible in a short-term study.
Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number (HHS 2018 ACF OPRE YE 1274), CFDA number 93.575, and a closing date of October 30, 2017, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline. Overall, the FOA is best understood as an effort to build an evidence base around how CCDBG Act of 2014 reforms are implemented by CCDF Lead Agencies, turning initial planning investments into concrete evaluations that can improve decision-making in child care policy and program administration.Apply for HHS 2018 ACF OPRE YE 1274
- 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 and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Implementation Research and Evaluation Grants (Phase II/Cohort 1)" 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 Aug 29, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 30, 2017 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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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