Project Grant P335A230060

This federal Block Grant award 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 provides $743,383.47 in funding to Public Policy Associates, LLC to conduct research in partnership with the Michigan Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agency. The project aims to rigorously evaluate Michigan's "Next Generation" quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) model,...

This $1,133,288 federal Block Grant award 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 and analysis on Michigan's license-exempt child care providers. The primary awardee, Public Policy Associates LLC, will conduct a multi-year project titled "Building Knowledge About Michigan's License-Exempt Providers" to investigate non-traditional child care...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Munson Medical Center a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to fund the construction of a new child care center facility in Traverse City, Michigan. The project will be completed between September 2023 and September 2026. Munson Medical Center, operating as the Munson Medical Child Care Center, is a non-profit hospital system that provides...

The State of Michigan, through its Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, received a $7,527,485 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. The award, effective from December 2024 through September 2028, will support the department's efforts to provide child care services for low-income families and improve the quality of early childhood education...

This federal Block Grant award 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 a research partnership between Public Policy Associates, LLC and the Michigan Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agency. The $1,054,521.20 grant, awarded on April 1, 2025, will study the impact of five child care subsidy policy changes on access to care and explore the role of...

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...

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 $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 $955,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is funding capital improvements to the Challenger Learning Center at St. Clair County Community College (SC4) in Port Huron, Michigan. The funding supports the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program, which provides high-quality literacy development for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need schools and districts. As the primary center of higher...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a Project Grant of $6,999,978 to North Central Missouri College under the Head Start and Early Head Start federal grant program (CFDA 93.600). This 5-year award, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2030, will enable North Central Missouri College to provide comprehensive early childhood education, health, and family support services to low-income children from birth to compulsory school...