Becoming High-Quality Multi-Year Grant

Grant Title: Becoming High-Quality Multi-Year Grant for 2023-2024 School Year
Solicitation #: 23-DWS-S027
Funding Source: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and State of Utah General Funds
Total Grant Amount: Varies
Expected Number of Awards: Multiple
Pre-Bidders Meeting: Recording
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 by 5:00pm MST: Applications received after 5:00 PM will not be accepted. Applications may not be faxed.
Program Start Date: July 1, 2023
Program End Date: June 30, 2026
Contact Information: Emma Moench, Contract Owner, emmamoench@utah.gov,, 385-227-1251 or Kimber Burks, Contract Analyst, kburks@utah.gov, 801-814-1222

Purpose

The Becoming High-Quality Grant provides resources to existing early education programs administered by Local Education Agencies (LEAs), charter schools, private child care providers and home-based educational technology programs to develop high-quality environments that support a child’s development of cognitive, physical, language, social and emotional skills.

Eligibility Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Programs shall meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for this grant.

  1. Applicant must be an existing, early childhood education program
  2. Applicant must be one of the following:
    1. Local Education Agency (LEA) using federal (Title I) or state education funding for its current early childhood education (pre-kindergarten) program
    2. Private child care provider, provider offering home-based educational technology program
    3. Charter school that does not use federal or state education funding for its current early childhood education (pre-kindergarten), or uses a private or third-party provider on its campus
  3. Applicant must agree to use the awarded funds in programs serving at least 25 percent of eligible students
  4. Applicant’s school readiness program must agree to register and maintain a minimum enrollment of 25 percent of eligible students throughout the grant period and prioritize enrollment for those students
  5. Applicant’s school readiness program must currently exhibit some elements of high-quality programs, as defined in Utah Code §35-15-202

The following preschool programs are not eligible for this grant:

  1. Organizations receiving Expanded Student Access Grant funds (Utah Code §35A-15-302) during the fiscal year 2023-2025 grant period
  2. Organizations receiving funding through a results-based contract (Utah Code §53F-4-401) during the fiscal year 2023-2025 grant period
  3. Organizations receiving funding through the Child Care Quality System (CCQS) intensive coaching grant during the fiscal year 2023-2025 grant period
  4. Organizations that have been evaluated and awarded a High Quality or High Quality Plus rating in the CCQS

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