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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Child Care Access, Higher Education, Low-Income Students, Young Parents
Deadline: July 11, 2022
“The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program. The CCAMPIS Program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. This notice contains two absolute priorities, one competitive preference priority, and three invitational priorities.
Absolute Priorities:
(1) Projects that are designed to leverage significant local or institutional resources, including in-kind contributions, to support the activities assisted under section 419N of the HEA.
(2) Projects that are designed to utilize a sliding fee scale for child care services provided under section 419N of the HEA in order to support a high number of low-income parents pursuing postsecondary education at the institution
Competitive Preference Priority:
Strengthening Cross-Agency Coordination and Community Engagement to Advance Systemic
Change – Projects that are designed to take a systemic evidence-based approach to improving outcomes for underserved students in coordinating efforts with Federal, State, or local agencies, or community-based organizations, that support students, to address child care.
Invitational Priorities:
(1) Supporting Students Who Are Single Parents – Projects that propose to serve children of student-parents who are single parents. An applicant should describe in its application how it will use institutional funds, in addition to child care assistance provided by CCAMPIS funds, to provide resources that will enhance the educational, personal, and financial growth of students who are single parents.
(2) Increasing campus-based child care for infants and toddlers – Projects that increase the number of campus-based child care openings for infants and toddlers.
(3) Providing Wrap-Around Services for Low-Income Parents in Postsecondary Education – Projects that propose to develop highimpact community engagement strategies and partner with community organizations in order to leverage institutional and community resources to provide wrap around services that address the comprehensive needs of low-income parents in postsecondary education, such as public benefits and additional financial aid to cover textbook costs, transportation costs, mental health services, faculty mentoring, tutoring, peer support groups, and emergency grants.”
Funder: Department of Education
Eligibility: Private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, others.
Amount: $90,000 – $1,000,000
Contact: Link.
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