CTR078895_Determination.pdf

This is a Competition Impracticable Authorization form from the Arizona Department of Administration's State Procurement Office, involving the Arizona Department of Economic Security's Child and Community Services Division. The document requests authorization to contract with the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence (AzCASE), a national affiliate of the Afterschool Association for Arizona and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Child Care.

The document pertains to the Arizona Out-of-School Time Grant Program, which aims to expand child care for children ages five to twelve when school is not in session. The proposed contract is for a five-year term from 10/01/2025 to 09/30/2030, with an estimated cost of $3,000,000. AzCASE will prioritize fifty percent of grant dollars for rural communities and twenty-five percent for other underserved populations. The organization has demonstrated over thirty years of experience managing multi-million dollar federal and state grants, including a $3 million federal award and a $1.6 million state award, and has successfully supported over 2,000 program sites directly funding up to thirty programs.