Cooperative Agreement 90YE0285

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $399,974 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program supports research to analyze the impacts of changes to QRIS policy and subsidy rates on family access, provider quality and burden, and school outcomes among low-income children. The prime awardee is The Ohio State University, which will leverage its expertise in early childhood...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program provides $372,380.00 to Public Policy Associates LLC to build knowledge about Michigan's license-exempt child care providers, non-traditional hours care services, and quality improvement strategies. The project period runs from September 30, 2024 to January 21, 2025. The grant will fund research and...

The federal Project Grant award R21HD116227, totaling $263,134.00, was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The funding supports a research project led by the University of Southern California to investigate the impact of COVID-19-related child care center closures on the developmental outcomes of infants and toddlers in low-income families receiving home visitation...

This $450,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program supports a case study research project titled "LOCAL AND STATE INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO INFANT/TODDLER CHILD CARE." The 3-year project, to be conducted by the nonprofit research organization Child Trends, Inc., will examine state and local efforts to improve access to...

This $399,991 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program will embed quality improvement initiatives in child care contracts to increase equitable access to high-quality child care. The project, with a performance period from September 2024 to September 2029, will be conducted by Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $104,322.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program, supports research on childcare cost burden for infants and toddlers. The project will analyze national trends in childcare costs, the impact of public preschool expansion, and new evidence from selected states. The award was made to the Regents of the University of Minnesota,...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program, supports a comprehensive $398,972 study on improving healthcare quality and equity for newborns with prenatal substance exposure. The study, conducted by the University of California, Davis in collaboration with the Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns (BORN) network and the EMPOWER stakeholder group, aims to:...

This $386,040 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program, will support a mixed-method study examining national, state, and local perspectives on infant and toddler early care and education access. The study will be conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), which is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). The project...

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) was awarded a $198,670 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.596) program. The grant will fund a project titled "Using Linked Administrative Data to Identify Successful Pathways to Advancement and Professional Development for the ECE Workforce" over the period of September 30,...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.596) program will be used by the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), to conduct a mixed methods study examining the role of subsidy policies on early care and education access...