Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Preschool Development Grants Expansion Grants CFDA Number 84.419B | Apply Online

Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 081814 002

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Preschool Development Grants Expansion Grants CFDA Number 84.419B" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.419 Preschool Development Grants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 17, 2014 and posted on Aug 18, 2014.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 21, 2014 Applications Available August 18, 2014. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply September 11, 2014. We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Departments strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of the applicants intent to submit an application for funding by emailing Rebecca Marek at [email protected] by September 11, 2014. This short email message should provide (1) the name of the State applying and (2) the contact person (name, phone number, and email). Applicants that do not submit an Intent to Apply email may still apply for funding. Note Submission of a notice of intent to apply is optional. To assist States in preparing the application and to respond to questions, ED and HHS intend to broadcast a Technical Assistance Planning Webinar live at http://edstream.ed.gov to review the priorities, requirements, and selection criteria for this competition. The purpose of the Webinar will be to allow individuals responsible for developing applications to review with Federal program staff the priorities, requirements, and selection criteria for this competition and to ask questions about the Preschool Development Grants Development Grants competition. We strongly encourage all interested State applicants to participate in the Webinar. For those who cannot attend the live Webinar, a link to the Webinar will be available on the Preschool Development Grants Web site at www.ed.gov/programs/preschooldevelopmentgrants. The Departments may host additional conference calls, workshops, or Webinars to answer applicant questions and will be posting Frequently Asked Questions and responses on the Preschool Development Grant Web site. The Departments will make available all registration information and additional details for the Technical Assistance Planning Webinar and any other technical assistance events on the Preschool Development Grants Web site at www.ed.gov/programs/preschooldevelopmentgrants. On August 18, 2014, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services (Departments) published in the Federal Register (79 FR 48853, 79 FR 48873) notices inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 2014 for the Preschool Development Grants Development Grants and Preschool Development Grants Expansion Grants programs. The notices established October 14, 2014, as the deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for funding under the programs. However, the Departments have been informed that the Grants.gov Web site will be unavailable to applicants on October 11 12, 2014, due to a scheduled maintenance outage. To allow applicants additional time to complete their applications as a result of this outage, we are extending the deadline date for transmittal of applications to October 15, 2014. The deadline date for transmittal of applications is now extended to October 21, 2014. DATES Deadline for Transmittal of Applications October 21, 2014.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $160,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• 1. Eligible Applicants To be eligible to compete for funding under this program a State must (a) Serve 10 percent or more of four year old children in a State Preschool Program 17 or 17 Based on current data from Barnett, W.S., Carolan, M.E, Squires, J.H., and Clarke Brown, K. (May 2014). State of Preschool 2013 First Look (NCES 2014 078). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC National Center for Education Statistics. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch. (b) Have received an award under a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge competition. Therefore, only the States of Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin are eligible to apply for Preschool Development Grants Expansion Grants.

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