Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2023 ACF OPRE YE 0040
The Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives: Implementation Grants opportunity is a federal research and evaluation funding program run by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is the second phase of a broader effort that began in 2021, when OPRE funded ten Phase I planning grants (HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901). Those planning grants supported partnerships between state or local CCDF lead agencies and research partners to design rigorous, policy-relevant evaluation plans focused on child care subsidy payment policies, specifically family co-payments and provider payment rates, and how those policies affect access to high-quality child care for families with low incomes. This Phase II Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), identified as HHS-2023-ACF-OPRE-YE-0040, provides implementation funding to carry out the evaluation plans created during Phase I.
A defining feature of this NOFO is that eligibility is effectively restricted: only institutions that received the Phase I planning grants under HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YE-1901 can apply for Phase II implementation funding. While the general eligibility list in the notice includes a wide range of entity types (for example, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits, for-profits, and small businesses), the practical eligibility requirement is tied to being a prior Phase I awardee. The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means OPRE expects substantial involvement during the project, such as ongoing collaboration, participation in cross-site activities, and alignment with shared evaluation goals.
The program will support projects over a 48-month period, structured as four 12-month budget periods. The goal is to implement, refine as needed, and execute the evaluation plans developed in Phase I, generating credible evidence about how different subsidy payment approaches influence families access to high-quality care and early education and how providers respond to the incentives and constraints created by payment policies. In addition to producing findings, the grants are explicitly designed to strengthen the evaluation capacity of CCDF lead agencies, meaning applicants are expected to describe how they will build skills, infrastructure, processes, and partnerships that allow agencies to conduct and use evaluation work beyond the life of the grant.
Collaboration is central to how OPRE intends these projects to operate. The NOFO expects the CCDF lead agency and its research partner to work together from start to finish, not only during analysis and reporting, but also while refining the study design, managing data, and making implementation decisions during the evaluation. Recipients are also expected to contribute to the field through participation in a consortium of Phase II grant recipients. This consortium is meant to function as a coordinated learning community where grantees meet regularly, share lessons learned, develop common measures and data collection protocols, and look for opportunities to conduct pooled or cross-site analyses. To make cross-project learning possible, recipients will also document local subsidy policies, policy context, and project-specific data protocols so that results can be interpreted consistently across different states or jurisdictions.
The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding within the Income Security and Social Services activity area, under CFDA/Assistance Listing 93.575. OPRE anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling listed as $400,000. The original application closing date was June 15, 2023, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the deadline. The notice also includes a practical systems warning tied to federal application logistics: SAM.gov entity validation for legal business names and addresses was experiencing processing delays at the time of posting, and applicants were advised to start SAM registration and validation early to avoid submission disruptions.
Overall, this NOFO is aimed at moving from planning to execution: taking evaluation designs already developed through Phase I partnerships and funding the real-world implementation of those studies, while also building a coordinated, cross-site evidence base on CCDF subsidy payment policies and strengthening the ability of CCDF lead agencies to evaluate and use data for policy decisions. For background on OPRE and related child care policy research efforts, the notice points applicants to OPRE project resources at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/project.Apply for HHS 2023 ACF OPRE YE 0040
- 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 "Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives: Implementation 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 05, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 15, 2023 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm Eastern Standard Time 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 5 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).
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